Irena Botwinik-Rotem
List of John Benjamins publications for which Irena Botwinik-Rotem plays a role.
2008 Object gap constructions: Externalization and operator movement Current Issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics, Armon-Lotem, Sharon, Gabi Danon and Susan Rothstein (eds.), pp. 77–104 | Article
The embedded constituent of Hebrew object gap constructions (e.g., the Tough Construction) is nominal rather than verbal, introduced obligatorily by the prepositional element le- (to). I show that the gap in Hebrew is unlikely to be created by Op-movement. Rather, based on the properties of the… read more
2008 Why are they different? An exploration of Hebrew locative PPs Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P, Asbury, Anna, Jakub Dotlačil, Berit Gehrke and Rick Nouwen (eds.), pp. 331–364 | Article
2008 A closer look at the Hebrew Construct and free locative PPs: The analysis of mi-locatives Adpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives, Kurzon, Dennis and Silvia Adler (eds.), pp. 85–114 | Article
Most Hebrew locative P(reposition)s are directly followed by their complement. However, the complement of Hebrew locatives prefixed by mi, referred to here as mi‑locatives (e.g. mixuc “outside”) often, but not always, is introduced by the light P le. Taking direct complementation to be an instance… read more
2003 The thematic and syntactic status of Ps: The Dative, Directional, Locative distinction Research in Afroasiatic Grammar II: Selected papers from the Fifth Conference on Afroasiatic Languages, Paris, 2000, Lecarme, Jacqueline (ed.), pp. 79–104 | Article