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In:Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax
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[Studies in Language Companion Series 210] 2020
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Chapter 7
Inflection

 | Bar-Ilan University
Published online: 18 March 2020
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Inflection in Modern Hebrew is described as involving the following categories: Tense (Past, Future), Mood (Imperative), Person, Number, and Gender in verbs; Number, Gender, and Construct-State in nouns; Number and Gender in adjectives. Most inflection is manifested by suffixes, except for Person inflection on Future tense verbs. Inflection is obligatory for Tense in verbs (except for nominalized forms) and in Prepositions, Adjectives, and Participles. Noun inflection varies, depending on the features of Count for Number and Animacy for Gender. Accusative-case marking on verbs and Genitive-case marking on nouns are increasingly replaced by analytic alternatives in Modern Hebrew. The chapter first details the pronominal system, and then proceeds to description of the major lexical classes of Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives, concluding with a brief discussion of conservative features as against variability and changes in MH inflection.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Pronouns
    • 2.1Independent, free pronouns
    • 2.2Dependent pronouns
      • 2.2.1Prepositions + pronouns
        • 2.2.1.1Prepositons with Set I pronominal suffixes
        • 2.2.1.2Prepositions with Set II pronominal suffixes
      • 2.2.2Pronominal suffixation on nouns
      • 2.2.3Pronominal suffixation on verbs
      • 2.2.4Pronominal suffixation on numerals and other closed class words
  • 3.Verb inflection
    • 3.1Root and templates
    • 3.2Tense inflection
    • 3.3Mood inflection
    • 3.4Infinitives, gerunds, and action nominals
    • 3.5Agreement marking for person, gender and number inflection
  • 4.Nouns
    • 4.1Gender inflection: Masculine and feminine
      • 4.1.1Suffix distribution
    • 4.2Number inflection
      • 4.2.1Plural suffixes
      • 4.2.2Distribution of plural suffixes
      • 4.2.3Minor plural forms
      • 4.2.4Stress assignment in plural forms
      • 4.2.5Plural assignment in complex nouns
    • 4.3Construct state inflection
  • 5.Adjectives
    • 5.1Gender inflection in adjectives
    • 5.2Number inflection
  • 6.Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
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