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Syntactic Variation in Masoretic Hebrew, the Object Clause Reconsidered

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: In this article we reinvestigate the variation in Masoretic Hebrew of two linguistic features related to the object clause that have diachronic relevance according to various scholars. These features are the order of subject personal pronoun and nominal predicate in certain object clauses, and the variation between ×›×™ and ××©×¨ introducing the object clause. We do this by using tools provided by the SHEBANQ project. By examining as many cases as possible throughout the Masoretic Text instead of only a few exemplary cases, we analyse the extent of variation in these syntactic constructions and their relevance for linguistic dating of biblical texts.

Source: Journal for Semitics

DOI: 10.25159/1013-8471/2566

Authors: Martijn Naaijer, Dirk Roorda

Institutions: Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2612720341

FWCI: 1.594

Cites: 23

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10