"Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew argues that due to unconventional linguistic processes in the early years of revernacularization, apparent resemblance to classical Hebrew does not necessarily reflect continuity, and apparent dissimilarity does not necessarily reflect change"--.

• Cover
• Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew
• Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1
  • History, Culture, and the Speech Community
    • 1. THE UNCONVENTIONAL GENESISOF MODERN HEBREW
    • 2. The Historical Stages of Hebrew and their Role in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew
• Chapter 2
  • Emergent Modern Hebrew as a Distinct Linguistic Phase
    • 1. EMERGENT MODERN HEBREW ANDTHE QUESTION OF CONTINUITY
    • 2. Some Typical Characteristics of Written EMH
    • 3. Some Typical Features of Spoken EMH
    • 4. Conclusion
• Chapter 3
  • The Role of Inherited Nonclassical Elements in the Emergence of a Colloquial Register
    • 1. CHANGE OR CONTINUITY? A NEW PERSPECTIVEON THE ORIGINS OF SOME COLLOQUIAL USAGES
    • 2. Grammatical Features Shared by Contemporary Colloquial Usage and Written EMH
    • 3. Some Lexical Similarities
    • 4. Conclusion
• Chapter 4
  • The Rise and Fall of Honorifics
    • 1. POLITENESS, DIRECTNESS, ANDTHE SYSTEM OF HONORIFICS
    • 2. Early Evidence of the Spread of Honorifics in EMH
    • 3. The Consolidation and Decline of the Honorifics System
    • 4. The Impact of the Linguistic Legacy on EMH Honorifics—The Formal Aspect
    • 5. The Impact of the Linguistic Legacy—The Functional Aspect
    • 6. The Effect of Native Hebrew Practices
    • 7. Conclusion
• Chapter 5
  • Adjective Grading—The Formation of a Paradigm
    • 1. PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW
    • 2. The Expression of Adjective Grading Before and After Standardization
    • 3. Strategies of Adjective Grading in Previous Historical Stages
    • 4. The Formation of New Superlative Markers
    • 5. Restructuring Processes Following the Spread of Hebrew Speech
    • 6. Conclusion
• Chapter 6
  • The Standardization of Action Nouns
    • 1. VERBAL TEMPLATES AND ACTION NOUNS
    • 2. Action Nouns in Modern Hebrew and in Previous Linguistic Strata
    • 3. The Usage Patterns of Action Nouns in the Initial Stages of Standardization
    • 4. Lexical Expansion and the Formation of Lexical Restrictions
    • 5. Conclusion
• Chapter 7
  • True and Apparent Continuity in the Genesis of Modern Hebrew
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author