Language contact and lexical enrichment in israeli hebrew
Auteur :
Zuckermann, G.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349513260
Date de publication :
4 nov. 2003
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this detailed and rigorous study, the author provides a principled classification of neologisms, their semantic fields and the roles of source languages, along with a sociolinguistic study of the attitudes of 'purists' and ordinary native speakers in the tension between linguistic creativity and the preservation of a distinct language identity.