Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of figures xi
4. List of tables xiii
5. Preface xvii
6. Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Background
7. 1. The sign-oriented approach 3
8. 2. The sign-oriented model 31
9. Part II: Semantic Integrality
10. 3. Semantic Integrality 71
11. 4. Possessive constructions in English and Hebrew 119
12. 5. Contractions in English 153
13. Part III: Process and Result in Language
14. 6. Troublesome lexical pairs in English 181
15. 7. Troublesome lexical pairs in Hebrew 201
16. 8. The Hebrew root and conjugation ( binyan ) systems 241
17. Part IV: Specification in Language
18. 9. Here , now and where in English and Hebrew 289
19. 10. Interrogatives in English and Hebrew 313
20. Notes 363
21. List of references 375
22. Name Index 393
23. Subject Index 397