Publications
Publication details [#22862]
Katriel, Tamar. 1986. On the vicissitudes of word stress in Modern Hebrew. Anthropological Linguistics 28 (3) : 275–282.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
K. discusses occurences of non-normative stress on the penultimate syllable of a word in adult Modern Hebrew speech, and explains it in terms of its pragmatic functionality as a signal of informality and friendliness, or of playfulness.