About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521611881

ISBN-139780521611886

eBay Product ID (ePID)30902951

Product Key Features

Number of Pages612 Pages

Publication NameGrammar of Modern Hebrew

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHebrew, General

Publication Year2004

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

AuthorLewis Glinert

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight38.2 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-276394

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal492.4/82421

Table Of ContentPreface; Abbreviations and conventions; 1. About Israeli Hebrew; 2. The data; 3. The description; 4. Pronunciation and spelling; 5. Definite and indefinite; 6. Constructs and possessives; 7. Pronouns and other pro-words; 8. Quantifiers; 9. Determiners; 10. Adjectives as modifiers; 11. Preposition phrases and adverbs as modifiers; 12. Agreement in the noun phrase; 13. Tense, modality and aspect; 14. Active and passive; 15. Object phrases; 16. 'Be' and 'have' constructions; 17. Ellipsis and subject-less clauses; 18. Agreement in the clause; 19. Preposition phrases; 20. Degree words and comparatives; 21. Adjunct adverbials; 22. Focus adverbs; 23. Disjunct adverbials; 24. Link adverbials; 25. Pro-adverbs; 26. Questions; 27. Exclamations; 28. Requests; 29. Negation; 30. Types of subordination; 31. Complement clauses; 32. Adverbial clauses; 33. Relative clauses; 34. Apposed clauses; 35. Coordination; 36. Apposition; 37. Topic, focus and word order; 38. Noun types; 39. Gender and number in the noun; 40. Verb types and their inflections; 41. Adjective types and their inflection; 42. Prepositions: form and inflection; Notes to chapters; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisA reference book on Modern Hebrew morphology and syntax, this describes the language as it is really spoken and written in Israel today. The author pays particular attention to functional distinctions, giving equal weight to colloquial and formal usage.

LC Classification NumberPJ4564 .G68 2004