At the Forefront of Research
Shifts in Lexicalization patterns: Hebrew as a test case / Malka Rappaport-Hovav, ISF
The aim of this project is to carry out the first broad-ranged in-depth study of the shift in lexicalization patterns of Hebrew, with a systematic examination of the relevant aspects of the language in (i) the ancient stages when the language was spoken; (ii) Early Modern Hebrew and Modern Hebrew; and (iii) the stages of Pre-Modern Hebrew most likely to have influenced the language when it was revived as a spoken language.
Tokens of recipiency: The design and interactional roles of minimal responses in Modern Hebrew conversation / Michal Marmorstein, ISF
Minimal responses are brief and unobtrusive displays of recipiency that occur within another speaker’s extended turn and co-construct its continuation. Based on the HUJI Corpus of Spoken Hebrew, the project is a first dedicated and comprehensive research of minimal responses in Modern Hebrew which aims to study in a systematic and detailed fashion a set of items that constitute this category. While the analysis starts out from vocal and verbal items, it adopts a multimodal perspective in which the full range of embodied resources that are used to complement, key or otherwise contextualize these items are explored.
Study and Prospects
Graduates of the department receive a toolbox that serves a wide range of research or applied pursuits in language. The program provides, first and foremost, an analytical understanding of language and linguistic phenomena—both for those with a general interest in this fascinating world and for those wishing to engage in a language-related profession. The studies form an important foundation for each of the following language-related fields:
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Contact Us
Department Secretary
Ms. Victoria Alexyeva
Humanities Building, Room 45404
victoriaal@savion.huji.ac.il
BA Advisors
Prof. Eitan Grossman (Functionalist track)
Mandel Building, room 231
eitan.grossman@mail.huji.ac.il
Prof. Nora Boneh (Generative track)
Mandel Building, room 233
nora.boneh@mail.huji.ac.il