Abstract
The book under review brings together eleven studies on clause linking in Semitic.
The articles treat different languages (with the usual slant toward the Big Two: Arabic with four articles and Biblical Hebrew with five; Aramaic is not represented at
all) and employ various approaches to the material. While the linguistic background
differs in each case, there are common denominators: The dichotomy of coordination vs. subordination is abandoned in favor of a scalar approach, and due attention
is given to the switch of verbal forms as a means to signal deviations from the main
line. As space does not permit a detailed discussion of all articles, we will make do
with concise summaries.
The articles treat different languages (with the usual slant toward the Big Two: Arabic with four articles and Biblical Hebrew with five; Aramaic is not represented at
all) and employ various approaches to the material. While the linguistic background
differs in each case, there are common denominators: The dichotomy of coordination vs. subordination is abandoned in favor of a scalar approach, and due attention
is given to the switch of verbal forms as a means to signal deviations from the main
line. As space does not permit a detailed discussion of all articles, we will make do
with concise summaries.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 177-179 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Mediterranean Language Review |
| Volume | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2016 |