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Non-subject oriented existential, possessive and dative-experiencer constructions in Modern Hebrew – a cross-linguistic typological approach

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Published/Copyright: November 29, 2023

Abstract

This paper sheds light on the alignment of Existential, Possessive and Dative-Experiencer constructions prevalent in Modern Hebrew that involve ambiguity of syntactic relations. Data-driven and employing a strictly typological approach, the study argues that the constructions in question are fundamentally related, and that they do not conform to the typological criteria of ‘subject-oriented’ languages, like most Indo-European languages. It is suggested that an inner relationship holds between the constructions in question. As a non-subject oriented language that does not require entities of referential prominence to be encoded as subjects or topics, Hebrew tends to configure non-volitional events as happening, or coming from outside – existing with reference to the entity experiencing them or who is involved in them as Benefactive or Possessor.


Corresponding author: Rivka Halevy, The Hebrew Language Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, E-mail:

Abbreviations

1

1st person

2

2nd person

3

3rd person

abs

absolutive

dat

dative

def

definite

exp

experiential

ext

existential

ext-ee

existee

f

feminine

fut

future tense

imp

imperative

impf

imperfetive

inf

infinitive

m

masculine

n

noun

neg

negative

om

object marker

p

predicate

pass

passive

pl

plural

poss

possessive

poss-ee

possessee

poss-or

possessor

pro

pronoun

prs

present

pst

past

q

question designator

sg

singular

ø

zero subject predicate

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