Yishai Tobin

List of John Benjamins publications for which Yishai Tobin plays a role.

Titles (8) | Order by:

The Regularity of the 'Irregular' Verbs and Nouns in English

Elena Even-Simkin and Yishai Tobin

[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 66] 2013. xvii, 273 pp.

Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence

Edited by Bob de Jonge and Yishai Tobin

[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 64] 2011. vi, 299 pp.

Subjects Functional linguistics | Phonology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Between Grammar and Lexicon

Edited by Ellen Contini-Morava and Yishai Tobin

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 183] 2000. xxxii, 365 pp.

Subjects Semantics | Syntax

Toward a Calculus of Meaning: Studies in markedness, distinctive features and deixis

Edited by Edna Andrews and Yishai Tobin

[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 43] 1996. xxviii, 432 pp.

Subjects Functional linguistics | Semantics | Semiotics | Theoretical linguistics

Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis: A contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew

Yishai Tobin

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 111] 1994. xxii, 406 pp.

The Semiotics of Fortune-telling

Edna Aphek and Yishai Tobin

[Foundations of Semiotics, 22] 1990. vii, 216 pp.

Subjects Pragmatics | Semiotics

From Sign to Text: A semiotic view of communication

Edited by Yishai Tobin

[Foundations of Semiotics, 20] 1989. xiii, 545 pp.

Subjects Semiotics

The Prague School and Its Legacy

Edited by Yishai Tobin

[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe, 27] 1988. xxx, 317 pp.

Subjects Discourse studies | Phonology | Pragmatics | Semiotics | Theoretical linguistics

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Enbe, Claudia and Yishai Tobin 2011 Phonology as human behavior: The prosody of normal and pathological speech of Buenos Aires Spanish Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 197–218 | Article

This study compares and contrasts the intonation patterns of Buenos Aires Spanish in normal speech (NS) and pathological speech (PS) (stuttering, dysarthria, acquired hearing impaired, dysphonia and developmental speech disorders) in three age groups equally divided by gender (5–8, 18–50, 51–75)… read more

Even-Simkin, Elena and Yishai Tobin 2011 Semantic regularities of the so-called irregular Internal Vowel Alternation (IVA) Nominal (umlaut) and Verbal (ablaut) forms in Old and Modern English Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 45–82 | Article

How does one cope, systematically, with the apparent chaos of the modern world? This question was being asked in a variety of fields, and the replies which Saussure gives – that you cannot hope to attain an absolute or Godlike view of things but must choose a perspective, and that within this… read more

Halpern, Orly and Yishai Tobin 2011 Phonology as human behavior: ‘Non-Vocalization’ – A phonological error process in the speech of severely and profoundly hearing impaired adults – from the point of view of the theory of phonology as human behavior Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 219–244 | Article

‘Non-Vocalization’ (N-V), is a newly described phonological error process. In N-V the hearing impaired actually articulate the phoneme but without producing a voice. It ends up looking as if it is produced but sounding as if it is omitted. N-V was found by video recording the speech of profoundly… read more

Połczyńska, Monika and Yishai Tobin 2011 Phonology as human behavior: Comparing and contrasting phonological processes in adult dysarthria and first language acquisition Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 245–266 | Article

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) may lead to dysarthria which is caused by weakness of the articulatory musculature. This paper investigates Polish TBI dysarthric speakers (n = 6) and matched controls with normal speech (n = 10). The data were transcribed in narrow phonetic transcription and analyzed… read more

Roe-Portiansky, Inessa and Yishai Tobin 2011 A phonological analysis of the lexicon of a literary work Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 267–292 | Article

The present study is a part of a larger research project that analyzed the language of the classic Russian novel Macmep u Mapгapuma (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov (1988, 1995) on the phonological, lexical, semantic, and discourse levels. This study offers a sign-oriented approach… read more

Tobin, Yishai 2011 Phonology as human behavior from an evolutionary point of view Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence, Jonge, Bob de and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 169–196 | Article

The ultimate task of phonology is to discover the cause of the behavior of speech sounds. To do this phonologists must refer to the way speech is created and used by human beings… John J. Ohala (1983: 189) This paper summarizes the basic theoretical and methodological tenets of the theory of… read more

Perez, Alison Stern, Yishai Tobin and Shifra Sagy 2010 “There is no fear in my lexicon” vs. “You are not normal if you won’t be scared”: A qualitative semiotic analysis of the ‘broken’ discourse of Israeli bus drivers who experienced terror attacks Beyond Narrative Coherence, Hyvärinen, Matti, Lars-Christer Hydén, Marja Saarenheimo and Maria Tamboukou (eds.), pp. 121–146 | Article

Bus drivers in Israel have coped with decades of stress, fear, and the constant threat of terror. This paper summarizes a qualitative analysis of the form and content of narratives told by Israeli bus drivers who directly experienced a terror attack. A preliminary discourse and semiotic analysis of… read more

Tobin, Yishai 2008 A monosemic view of polysemic prepositions Adpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives, Kurzon, Dennis and Silvia Adler (eds.), pp. 273–288 | Article

Prepositions are notorious for being “polysemic”. One of Zipf ’s laws is that the smaller a form, the more frequently it will be used, and the more meanings and functions it will have attributed to it. The Hebrew preposition l- ‘to’ has at least seventeen dictionary entries and the Hebrew… read more

Tobin, Yishai 2006 Phonology as human behavior: Inflectional systems in English Advances in Functional Linguistics: Columbia School beyond its origins, Davis, Joseph, Radmila J. Gorup and Nancy Stern (eds.), pp. 63–86 | Article

This paper summarizes the theory and methodology of Phonology as Human Behavior (PHB) (or Columbia School Phonology) and applies it to the inflectional morphology of English both synchronically and diachronically. The basic hypothesis is that inflectional morphology is both functional and frequent… read more

Tobin, Yishai and Haruko Miyakoda 2006 Phonological processes of Japanese based on the theory of phonology as human behavior Advances in Functional Linguistics: Columbia School beyond its origins, Davis, Joseph, Radmila J. Gorup and Nancy Stern (eds.), pp. 87–105 | Article

By analyzing speech errors (normal and pathological) and loanwords of Japanese within the theory of Phonology as Human Behavior, we seek to account for why processes such as substitution occur as they do by referring to the “struggle” between speakers’ desire for maximum communication (the… read more

Oron, Noah and Yishai Tobin 2004 Semantic oppositions in the Hebrew verb system Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis, Contini-Morava, Ellen, Robert S. Kirsner and Betsy Rodríguez-Bachiller (eds.), pp. 235–260 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 2004 Between phonology and lexicon: The Hebrew triconsonantal (CCC) root system revolving around /r/ (C-r-C) Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis, Contini-Morava, Ellen, Robert S. Kirsner and Betsy Rodríguez-Bachiller (eds.), pp. 289–323 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 2002 The Hebrew prepositions mi-/min ‘from, of’: Same or different? A sign-oriented approach Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context, Feigenbaum, Susanne and Dennis Kurzon (eds.), pp. 145–169 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 2002 Phonology as human behavior: Theoretical implications and cognitive and clinical applications Clinical Linguistics: Theory and applications in speech pathology and therapy, Fava, Elisabetta (ed.), pp. 3–22 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 2002 Phonology As Human Behavior: Initial Consonant Clusters Across Languages Signal, Meaning, and Message: Perspectives on sign-based linguistics, Reid, Wallis, Ricardo Otheguy and Nancy Stern (eds.), pp. 191–255 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 2002 “Conditionals” in Hebrew and English: same or different? Prague Linguistic Circle Papers: Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague nouvelle série, Hajičová, Eva, Petr Sgall, Jirí Hana and Tomáš Hoskovec (eds.), pp. 129–142 | Chapter

Tobin, Yishai 2001 Hebrew. Gender switch in Modern Hebrew Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men, Hellinger, Marlis and Hadumod Bußmann (eds.), pp. 177–198 | Article

1.Introduction: Historical and sociolinguistic background 2. Grammatical gender in Modern Hebrew 2.1 Masculine and feminine nouns 2.2 Gender agreement 2.3 Generic masculines 3. “Call me Yigal”: Gender switch, gender reversal, cross addressing 4. The implications of… read more

Tobin, Yishai 2000 The Dual Number in Hebrew: Grammar or Lexicon, or Both? Between Grammar and Lexicon, Contini-Morava, Ellen and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 87–122 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1999 Developmental and Clinical Phonology: The Prague School and Beyond Prague Linguistic Circle Papers: Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague nouvelle série, Hajičová, Eva, Tomáš Hoskovec, Oldřich Leška †, Petr Sgall and Zdena Skoumalová (eds.), pp. 53–68 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1997 Matching verbal and nonverbal communication in a holocaust memoir and its translation Nonverbal Communication and Translation: New perspectives and challenges in literature, interpretation and the media, Poyatos, Fernando (ed.), pp. 163–186 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1996 5. Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Theory: The Modern Hebrew Verb Toward a Calculus of Meaning: Studies in markedness, distinctive features and deixis, Andrews, Edna and Yishai Tobin (eds.), pp. 347–380 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1996 Focusing on the Negative: A Neo-Praguean Approach Prague Linguistic Circle Papers: Travaux du cercle linguistique de Prague nouvelle série, Hajičová, Eva, Oldřich Leška †, Petr Sgall and Zdena Skoumalová (eds.), pp. 121–156 | Article

Aphek, Edna and Yishai Tobin 1991 Semantic polarity and the origin of language Studies in Language Origins: Volume 2, Raffler-Engel, Walburga von, Jan Wind and Abraham Jonker (eds.), pp. 263–284 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1991 Invariant meaning: alternative variations on an invariant theme New Vistas in Grammar: Invariance and Variation, Waugh, Linda R. and Stephen Rudy (eds.), pp. 61–82 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1991 Review of Glinert (1989): The Grammar of Modern Hebrew Studies in Language 15:2, pp. 423–457 | Review

Tobin, Yishai 1991 Tense-Aspect-Aktionsart: A Question of Lexicon as well as Grammar Perspectives on Aspect and Aktionsart, Vetters, Carl and Willy Vandeweghe (eds.), pp. 151–174 | Article

Aphek, Edna and Yishai Tobin 1989 The Agnonian text: A study in polaric semiology From Sign to Text: A semiotic view of communication, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. 215–234 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1989 Space, time, and point-of-view in the Modern Hebrew verb From Sign to Text: A semiotic view of communication, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. 61–92 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1989 Invariant meaning and non-equivalence in language and translation: The two “Hows” in modern Hebrew — a case in point Translation and Lexicography: Papers read at the Euralex Colloquium held at Innsbruck 2–5 July 1987, Snell-Hornby, Mary and Esther Pöhl (eds.), pp. 31–44 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1988 Introduction The Prague School and Its Legacy, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. xiii–xxx | Miscellaneous

Tobin, Yishai 1988 Phonetics versus phonology: The prague school and beyond The Prague School and Its Legacy, Tobin, Yishai (ed.), pp. 49–72 | Article

Aphek, Edna and Yishai Tobin 1984 The Place of 'Place' in a Text from Agnon: On the Untranslatability of Metaphor and Polysemy in Modern Hebrew Babel 30:3, pp. 148–158 | Article

Tobin, Yishai 1984 Language Teachers Should Rush in Where Good Translators Fear to Tread ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 65, pp. 79–91 | Article

In this paper we will support the basic Saussurian view that every language is an individual and independent system which is exploited in a unique, creative and specific way by speakers of that language, in order to communicate what may be termed as 'language-specific' messages, which may very… read more

Tobin, Yishai 1981 Participation Systems, Prepositions and Deep Structure Case as Decoding Devices for Modern Hebrew ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 54, pp. 45–63 | Article

Specific aspects of deep structure case grammar (Fillmore 1968, 1969) as well as participation systems (Cohen 1975) and an analysis of modern Hebrew case (Cole 1976) are simplified, adapted, and synthesized- into an applied linguistic decoding model which could have practical application in the… read more