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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Direct and indirect speech in straight-talking Israeli |
Author: | Zuckermann, G. |
Citation: | Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 2006; 53(4):467-481 |
Publisher: | Akademiai Kiado |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 1216-8076 1588-2624 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ghil'ad Zuckermann |
Abstract: | Israeli is currently one of the official languages of the State of Israel. It is a fusional synthetic language, with non-concatenative discontinuous morphemes realised by vowel infixation. This typological paper demonstrates that there is a clear distinction in Israeli between direct and indirect speech. The indirect speech report, which is a subset of complement clauses, is characterized by a shift in person, spatial and temporal deixis. However, unlike in English, the verbs usually do not undergo a tense shift. Israeli has various lexicalized direct speech reports. By and large, Israeli reported speech constructions reflect Yiddish and Standard Average European patterns, often enhancing a suitable pre-existent Hebrew construction. |
Keywords: | reported speech Congruence Principle Hebrew lexical derivation Yiddish |
Rights: | © 2006 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest |
DOI: | 10.1556/ALing.53.2006.4.5 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/aling.53.2006.4.5 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Linguistics publications |
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