Hebrew University of Jerusalem

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem*

Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions

Edited by Katarzyna Janic & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich

Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

[Typological Studies in Language, 130] 2021. | edited volume

The NP-Strategy for Expressing Reciprocity: Typology, history, syntax and semantics

Edited by Elitzur A. Bar-Asher Siegal

Subjects Historical linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

[Typological Studies in Language, 127] 2020. | monograph

Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax

Edited by Ruth A. Berman, Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef

Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] 2020. | edited volume

The Form of Structure, the Structure of Form: Essays in honor of Jean Lowenstamm

Edited by Sabrina Bendjaballah, Noam Faust, Mohamed Lahrouchi & Nicola Lampitelli

Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Generative linguistics | Morphology | Phonology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Language Faculty and Beyond: Internal and External Variation in Linguistics, 12] 2014. vii, 377 pp. |

Multiple Case Narrative: A qualitative approach to studying multiple populations

Asher Shkedi

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Narrative Studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Sociology

[Studies in Narrative, 7] 2005. xvi, 210 pp. | monograph

New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy: In honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky

Edited by Robert L. Cooper, Elana Shohamy & Joel Walters

Subjects Language acquisition | Language policy | Language teaching | Psycholinguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

2001. vi, 307 pp. | edited volume

The Structure of Arguments

Izchak M. Schlesinger, Tamar Keren-Portnoy & Tamar Parush

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 7] 2001. xx, 263 pp. | monograph

Stability, Variation and Change of Word-Order Patterns over Time

Edited by Rosanna Sornicola, Erich Poppe, Ariel Shisha-Halevy & Paola Como

Subjects Historical linguistics | Syntax

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 213] 2000. xxxii, 323 pp. | edited volume

Discourse Markers: Descriptions and theory

Edited by Andreas H. Jucker & Yael Ziv

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 57] 1998. x, 363 pp. | edited volume

Sæbø, Lilja Maria, Eitan Grossman & Steven Moran 2025 Tonogenesis: A diachronic typology

Keywords: tonogenesis | typology | tone | historical linguistics

Diachronica 42:3/4 pp. 451–478 | article | open access

Kimchi, Inbal, Lucie Wolters, Rose Stamp & Inbal Arnon 2024 Evidence of Zipfian distributions in three sign languages

Keywords: Zipfian distributions | sign language | universal properties of language

Gesture 22:2 pp. 154–188 | article

Manor, Rama & Adi Binhas 2023 Teaching Hebrew as second language in Arab schools in Israel: Policy and identity politics

Keywords: language policy | Hebrew curriculum | Hebrew as second language (SL) | Palestinian-Arab teachers in Israel | identity | belonging

Language Problems and Language Planning 47:1 pp. 49–71 | article

Shor, Leon & Michal Marmorstein 2024 Self-repeat as a multimodal retraction practice: Evidence from Hebrew conversation

Keywords: interactional semantics | multi-modality | embodied action | retraction | regrading | self-repeat | spoken Hebrew

Interactional Linguistics 3:1/2 pp. 132–166 | article

Veselovsky, Anna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich 2022 Linguistic variation in customer reviews: One’s own vs. another’s experience narrative

Keywords: register analysis | sub-register comparison | online registers | narrative composition | service experience narrative | customer review

Register Studies 4:2 pp. 288–322 | article

Kampf, Zohar, Gadi Heimann & Lee Aldar 2021 “These are not just slogans”: Assertions of friendship between states

Keywords: political speech acts | friendship | assertions | diplomatic discourse

Journal of Language and Politics 21:5 pp. 653–674 | article

Matalon, Nadav 2021 The Camel Humps prosodic pattern: Listing for disaffiliating in spoken Hebrew

Keywords: prosody | Hebrew | list construction | stance | affiliation

In: Building Categories in Interaction: Linguistic resources at work, Mauri, Caterina, Ilaria Fiorentini & Eugenio Goria (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 220] pp. 155–186

Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich 2021 Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions

In: Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 130] p.  ff.

Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich 2021 The multifaceted nature of the antipassive construction

Keywords: antipassive construction | P argument | antipassive marker | antipassive functions | productivity

In: Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 130] pp. 1–40

Marmorstein, Michal 2021 Discourse markers as a lens to variation across speech and writing: Egyptian Arabic yaʕni ‘it means’ as a case study

Functions of Language 28:2 pp. 153–182 | article

Seržant, Ilja A., Katarzyna Maria Janic, Darja Dermaku & Oneg Ben Dror 2021 Typology of coding patterns and frequency effects of antipassives

Keywords: antipassive | frequency asymmetry | efficiency | P-backgrounding

Studies in Language 45:4 p. 968 | article | open access

Fialkoff, Yonatan & Amit Pinchevski 2021 Communicating communication: The recursive expertise of communication experts

Keywords: communication experts | communication culture | communication recursivity | communication skills | expertise

Language and Dialogue 11:3 pp. 355–378 | article

Kornblit, Irit S. 2021 Metaphors of cultural diversity at UNESCO: Legitimization strategies of a new keyword in institutional discourse

Keywords: cultural diversity | metaphor and argumentation | legitimation | institutional discourse | UNESCO | biodiversity

Metaphor and the Social World 12:1 pp. 46–68 | article

Marmorstein, Michal & Nadav Matalon 2021 Responses within activities: Alignment via Egyptian Arabic ʔāh ‘yeah’ in extended turns*

Keywords: extended turns | response tokens | alignment | prosody | interactional rhythm | Arabic

Interactional Linguistics 2:1 pp. 42–78 | article

Grossman, Eitan & Yael Reshef 2020 Setting Modern Hebrew in space, time, and culture

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] pp. 19–26

Reshef, Yael 2020 Historical overview of Modern Hebrew

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] pp. 27–40

Simonsen, Sandra 2020 Bacteria, garbage, insects and pigs: Conceptual metaphors in the Ultra-Orthodox anti-military “Ḥardakim” propaganda campaign

Keywords: metaphor | group conflict | cultural pollution | Israel | propaganda | dehumanization | social identity theory

Journal of Language and Politics 19:6 pp. 938–963 | article

Kampf, Zohar 2020 “Do you condemn?”: Negotiating power relations through (in)direct questions and answers design in ethno-political interviews

Keywords: broadcast talk | news interviews | condemnations | epideictic rhetoric | positioning

In: The Discourse of Indirectness: Cues, voices and functions, Livnat, Zohar, Pnina Shukrun-Nagar & Galia Hirsch (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 316] pp. 231–252

Otsri, Magi 2020 “You can’t say that”: The effects of group affiliation on moral condemnation in cases of group self-deprecation

Keywords: self-deprecating humor | offensive humor | standing | black humor | phrase reclaiming

Language and Dialogue 10:3 pp. 303–319 | article

Taube, Dana 2020 Voice distinctions

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] pp. 331–374

Halevy, Rivka 2020 Transitivity and valence

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] pp. 465–506

Halevy, Rivka 2020 Impersonal and pseudo-impersonal constructions

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] pp. 539–582

Shor, Leon 2020 Negation in Modern Hebrew

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210] pp. 583–622

Danziger, Roni & Zohar Kampf 2020 #Lovely country, #wonderful people: Diplomatic compliments and praise on Twitter

Keywords: digital diplomacy | political discourse | public speech acts | compliments | praise | twitter | context collapse

In: Complimenting Behavior and (Self-)Praise across Social Media: New contexts and new insights, Placencia, María Elena & Zohreh R. Eslami (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 313] pp. 165–186

Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef 2020 Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax

In: Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax, Berman, Ruth A., Elitzur Dattner, Eitan Grossman, Bracha Nir & Yael Reshef (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 210]

Haida, Andreas, Tue Trinh & Chi Mai Luong 2019 Interpretation of numerals under memory load by Vietnamese speakers

Keywords: numerals | implicatures | scales | memory | Vietnamese

In: Interdisciplinary perspectives on Vietnamese linguistics, Duffield, Nigel, Trang Phan & Tue Trinh (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 211] pp. 241–252

Baker, Michael J. & Baruch B. Schwarz 2019 “Argumentexturing”: A framework for integrating theories of argumentation and learning

In: Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context, van Eemeren, Frans H. & Bart Garssen[Argumentation in Context, 17] pp. 195–210

Fadlon, Julie, Galit W. Sassoon & Petra B. Schumacher 2018 Discrete dimension accessibility in multidimensional concepts: The noun-adjective distinction

Keywords: conceptual categories | lexical category | adjectives | nouns

The Mental Lexicon 13:1 pp. 105–142 | article

Reshef, Yael & Einat Gonen 2018 Imperfect language learning vs. dynamic sound change: The shift [i]>[e] in the verbal template hifʕil in Modern Hebrew

Keywords: Modern Hebrew | spoken Hebrew | sound change | language acquisition | imperfect language learning | linguistic change | the verbal template hif’il

Journal of Historical Linguistics 8:2 pp. 169–191 | article

Grossman, Eitan & Stéphane Polis 2019 Swimming against the typological tide or paddling along with language change?: Dispreferred structures and diachronic biases in affix ordering

Keywords: universals | typological rara | Ancient Egyptian-Coptic | diachronic typology | affixation | linear order

Journal of Historical Linguistics 8:3 pp. 388–443 | article

Ozerov, Pavel 2018 Tone assignment and grammatical tone in Anal (Tibeto-Burman)

Keywords: grammatical tone | word-tone | morphotonology | tonal polarity | Tibeto-Burman

Studies in Language 42:3 pp. 708–733 | article

Nikolaev, Dmitry & Eitan Grossman 2018 Areal sound change and the distributional typology of affricate richness in Eurasia

Keywords: language typology | distributional typology | phonology | areal linguistics | areal sound change | language contact | historical phonology | consonant inventories | affricates

Studies in Language 42:3 pp. 562–599 | article

Rosemeyer, Malte & Eitan Grossman 2018 The road to auxiliariness revisited: The grammaticalization of finish anteriors in Spanish

Keywords: pragmatics | Spanish | auxiliary verb constructions | grammaticalization | perfect | diachronic corpus linguistics | overtification | informativity

Diachronica 34:4 pp. 516–558 | article

Halevy, Rivka 2016 Non-canonical ‘existential-like‘ constructions in colloquial Modern Hebrew

In: Atypical predicate-argument relations, Ruchot, Thierry & Pascale Van Praet (eds.) [Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa, 33] pp. 27–60

Friedman, Elie 2016 Recognition gaps in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The people-state and self-other axes

Keywords: recognition | identity | Conflict resolution | political discourse | nationalism | other | Hegel | ontological security | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | speeches

Journal of Language and Politics 15:2 pp. 193–214 | article

Cohen, Eran 2017 The modern Hebrew prepositional relative clause strategy

Studies in Language 40:4 pp. 733–764 | article

Halevy, Rivka 2016 The ‘swift of foot’ construction and the phrase structure of the adjectival construct in Hebrew

Keywords: construct/annexation | Modern Hebrew | Cognitive Grammar | adjectival construct | bahuvrihi compounds | genitive status

Studies in Language 40:2 pp. 380–414 | article

Quintana, Aldina 2014 Judeo-Spanish in contact with Portuguese: A historical overview

In: Portuguese-Spanish Interfaces: Diachrony, synchrony, and contact, Amaral, Patrícia & Ana Maria Carvalho (eds.) [Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 1] pp. 65–94

Doron, Edit 2014 The interpretation of Construct-State morphology

In: The Form of Structure, the Structure of Form: Essays in honor of Jean Lowenstamm, Bendjaballah, Sabrina, Noam Faust, Mohamed Lahrouchi & Nicola Lampitelli (eds.) [Language Faculty and Beyond: Internal and External Variation in Linguistics, 12] pp. 361–374

Bar-Asher Siegal, Elitzur A. 2014 Notes on the history of reciprocal NP-strategies in Semitic languages in a typological perspective

Keywords: reciprocal constructions | unspecified pronouns | typology | grammaticalization | Semitic languages | reanalysis | agreement

Diachronica 31:3 pp. 337–378 | article

Marmorstein, Michal 2013 Review of The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics: Sībawayhi and Early Arabic Grammatical Theory edited by Amal Elesha Marogy (2012)

Studies in Language 37:2 pp. 445–453 | book review

Doron, Edit & Marie Labelle 2011 An ergative analysis of French valency alternations

In: Romance Linguistics 2010: Selected papers from the 40th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Seattle, Washington, March 2010, Herschensohn, Julia (ed.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 318] pp. 137–154

Doron, Edit 2011 On the syntax and semantics of resumptive pronouns

In: Resumptive Pronouns at the Interfaces, Rouveret, Alain (ed.) [Language Faculty and Beyond: Internal and External Variation in Linguistics, 5] pp. 287–318

Boneh, Nora & Lea Nash 2011 When the benefit is on the fringe

In: Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2009: Selected papers from 'Going Romance' Nice 2009, Berns, Janine, Haike Jacobs & Tobias Scheer (eds.) [Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory, 3] pp. 19–38

Levin, Aryeh 2010  Sībawayhi on ’imāla (Inclination): Text, translation, notes and analysis. By Solomon I. Sara

Historiographia Linguistica 37:1/2 pp. 207–213 | book review

Sabato, Sivan & Yoad Winter 2010 Against partitioned readings of reciprocals

In: The Linguistics Enterprise: From knowledge of language to knowledge in linguistics, Everaert, Martin B.H., Tom Lentz, Hannah N.M. De Mulder, Øystein Nilsen & Arjen Zondervan (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 150] pp. 283–290

Sichel, Ivy 2010 Towards a typology of control in DP

In: Movement Theory of Control, Hornstein, Norbert & Maria Polinsky (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 154] pp. 245–266

Adiel, Yair 2010 Political grammar: The name Palestine as discussed at the Academy of the Hebrew Language

Keywords: grammar | Palestine | The Academy of the Hebrew Language | pronunciation | naming | politics | Derridian critique | split names

Journal of Language and Politics 9:3 pp. 433–448 | article

Josselson, Ruthellen & Amia Lieblich 2009 Reflections on The Narrative Study of Lives

Narrative Inquiry 19:1 pp. 183–198 | article

Schely-Newman, Esther 2009 To break down the wall: Constructing a literate self

Keywords: gender identity | adult literacy | Israel | Hebrew | personal narrative

Narrative Inquiry 19:1 pp. 1–17 | article

Shenhav, Shaul R. 2009 We have a place in a long story: Empowered narratives and the construction of communities: The case of US presidential debates

Keywords: political narratives | political discourse | interpretive communities | US presidential debates | voting behavior

Narrative Inquiry 19:2 pp. 199–218 | article

Hovav, Malka Rappaport 2008 1. Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events

In: Theoretical and Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Semantics of Aspect, Rothstein, Susan (ed.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 110] pp. 13–42

Boneh, Nora & Edit Doron 2008 10. Habituality and the habitual aspect

In: Theoretical and Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Semantics of Aspect, Rothstein, Susan (ed.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 110] pp. 321–347

Mittwoch, Anita 2008 5. Tenses for the living and the dead: Lifetime inferences reconsidered

In: Theoretical and Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Semantics of Aspect, Rothstein, Susan (ed.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 110] pp. 167–187

Schwarz, Baruch, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, Alain Trognon & Pascale Marro 2008 Emergent learning in successive activities: Learning in interaction in a laboratory context

Keywords: interlocutory analysis | learning in interaction | emergent learning | conceptual development | collaborative learning | proportional reasoning

Pragmatics & Cognition 16:1 pp. 57–87 | article

Schlesinger, Izchak M. & Sharon Hurvitz 2008 The structure of misunderstandings

Keywords: misunderstanding | speaker intention | discourse | conversation | non-understanding

Pragmatics & Cognition 16:3 pp. 568–585 | article

Fassberg, Steven E. 2008 Infinitival forms in Aramaic

In: Historical Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Madison, Wisconsin, 31 July - 5 August 2005, Salmons, Joseph C. & Shannon Dubenion-Smith (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 284] pp. 239–256

Shenhav, Shaul R. 2005 Thin and thick narrative analysis: On the question of defining and analyzing political narratives

Keywords: rhetoric | Narrative | Israel | Politics | Discourse | Methods | Analysis | Definitions

Narrative Inquiry 15:1 pp. 75–99 | article

Ziv, Yael 2003 Review of Doing Pragmatics by Peter Grundy (2000)

Pragmatics & Cognition 11:1 pp. 196–202 | book review

Sichel, Ivy 2008 13. Phrasal movement in Hebrew adjectives and possessives

In: Dimensions of Movement: From features to remnants, Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou, Sjef Barbiers & Hans-Martin Gärtner (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 48] pp. 297–339

Cooper, Robert L., Elana Shohamy & Joel Waters 2008 Spolsky’s educational linguistics

In: New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy: In honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky, Cooper, Robert L., Elana Shohamy & Joel Walters (eds.)  pp. 1–4

Ziv, Yael 1996 Pronominal Reference to Inferred Antecedents

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 10:1 pp. 55–67 | article

Blass, Rachel B. 1994 Is psychoanalytic dream interpretation possible?

Pragmatics & Cognition 2:1 pp. 71–94 | article

Liebes, Tamar 2015 Narrativization of the News: An Introduction

Journal of Narrative and Life History 4:1/2 pp. 1–8 | article

Taube, Moshe 1994 On Factivity, Emotivity and Choice of Conjunction in Yiddish

Studies in Language 18:1 pp. 113–125 | article

Blum-Kulka, Shoshana 1994 Politeness revisited: Cross-cultural perspectives

Pragmatics & Cognition 2:2 pp. 349–356 | article

Sovran, Tamar 1993 Adrienne Lehrer and Eva Feder Kittay (eds): Frames, Fields, and Contrasts; New essays in semantic and lexical organization

Pragmatics & Cognition 1:2 pp. 377–387 | article

Ziv, Yael 1993 Causality and Context Dependence

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 8:1 pp. 187–200 | article

Weissbrod, Rachel 1993 Dollerup, Cay & Anne Loddegaard, eds. 1992. Teaching Translation and Interpreting: Training, Talent and Experience. Papers from the First Language International Conference, Elsinore, Denmark, 31 May-2 June 1991

Target 5:2 pp. 243–246 | book review

Shanon, Benny 1993 Why are we (at least sometimes) conscious of our thoughts?: Or: Why do we think in words (sometimes)?

Pragmatics & Cognition 1:1 pp. 25–49 | article

Doron, Edit 1992 Appositive Predicates

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 7:1 pp. 23–33 | article

Mittwoch, Anita 1991 In Defence of Vendler's Achievements

Belgian Journal of Linguistics 6:1 pp. 71–85 | article

Amit-Kochavi, Hannah 1991 Séguinot, Candace, ed. 1989. The Translation Process

Target 3:1 pp. 111–114 | book review

Cohen, Andrew 1988 The use of verbal report data for a better understanding of test taking processes

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 11:2 pp. 30–42 | article

Cooper, Robert L. & Brenda Danet 1980 Language in the Melting Pot: The Sociolinguistic Context for Language Planning in Israel

Language Problems and Language Planning 4:1 pp. 1–28 | article

Shanon, Benny 1978 Even, Only and Almost Hardly

Studies in Language 2:1 pp. 35–70 | article

Schvarcz, Brigitta R., Rachel Wohlfarth & Marta Aguilar-Pérez Israeli engineering students’ perceptions of EMI: Needs and learning strategies

Keywords: English-medium instruction | student perceptions | student needs | learning resources | learning strategies

Journal of English-Medium Instruction | Online First Publication, 24 pp. | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.