What makes the dative-experiencer construction in Modern Hebrew different from its counterparts in European languages?
- 1 September 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in STUF - Language Typology and Universals
- Vol. 75 (3), 379-417
- https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2022-1057
Abstract
The paper proposes a usage-based account of a largely productive pattern of dative experiential sentences in Modern Hebrew that stand in contra-distinction to their parallels in Indo-European languages. In the pattern under consideration, the dative-Experiencer is non-topical, following an invariable predicate in masculine singular form. The paper seeks to prove that the construction in Hebrew is essentially a subjectless construction. Its origin is traced back to Biblical Hebrew, but its proliferation in present-day language is assumed to be contact-facilitated by a parallel subject-like dative-Experiencer construction widespread in Slavic and Yiddish languages.Keywords
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