Chapter published in:
Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and SyntaxEdited by Ruth A. Berman
[Studies in Language Companion Series 210] 2020
► pp. 147–202
Inflection
Ora Rodrigue Schwarzwald | Bar-Ilan University
Inflection in Modern Hebrew is described as involving the following categories:
Tense (Past, Future), Mood (Imperative), Person, Number, and Gender in verbs; Number,
Gender, and Construct-State in nouns; Number and Gender in adjectives. Most inflection is
manifested by suffixes, except for Person inflection on Future tense verbs. Inflection is
obligatory for Tense in verbs (except for nominalized forms) and in Prepositions,
Adjectives, and Participles. Noun inflection varies, depending on the features of Count for
Number and Animacy for Gender. Accusative-case marking on verbs and Genitive-case marking on
nouns are increasingly replaced by analytic alternatives in Modern Hebrew. The chapter first
details the pronominal system, and then proceeds to description of the major lexical classes
of Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives, concluding with a brief discussion of conservative features
as against variability and changes in MH inflection.
Published online: 18 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.210.08sch
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.210.08sch
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