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. 203–264
Derivation
Dorit Ravid | Tel Aviv University
The chapter reviews derivational morphology in MH, as a domain critical to
lexical organization and content, with analyses based largely on empirical psycholinguistic
studies and distributional frequencies. Interrelations between derivation and inflection are
considered, with derivational processes analyzed as representing one-to-many and many-to-one
relations of form and meaning. Four major means of derivation are delineated: non-linear
root-pattern affixation, linear suffixation on stems , zero-derivation, and stem or root
reduplication. Verbs are analyzed as distinct from nominals (nouns and adjectives), the
binyan system of verb conjugations is reevaluated, with a distinction
between two subsystems of morphological, semantic, and syntactic interrelations, taking into
account the role of benoni present-tense/participials, defective roots,
frequency of use, transitivity and voice, and verb semantics. Nouns are analyzed in terms of
ontological categories such as Agent, Instrument, Location, and Adjectives are described as
basic, verb-derived, and noun-based, and Adverbs are noted as morphologically marginal in
MH.
Published online: 18 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.210.09rav
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.210.09rav
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