Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgement and Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. The limits of multiple-source contact influence 33
6. Existential possessive modality in the emergence of Modern Hebrew 55
7. The derivation of a concessive from an aspectual adverb by reanalysis in Modern Hebrew 95
8. Why did the future form of the verb displace the imperative form in the informal register of Modern Hebrew? 117
9. The change in Hebrew from a V-framed to an S-framed Language 143
10. From written to spoken usage 179
11. Language change, prescriptive language, and spontaneous speech in Modern Hebrew 201
12. The biblical sources of Modern Hebrew syntax 221
13. Can there be language continuity in language contact? 257
14. Our creolized tongues 287
15. Why do children lead contact-induced language change in some contexts but not others? 321
16. Variation and conventionalization in language emergence 337
17. “Mame Loshen” 365
18. Index 387