Reference Grammar of Modern Hebrew
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Provides a clearly structured and accessible guide to all aspects of contemporary Hebrew grammar.
PrefacexiiiChapter 1Preliminary discussion11.1Parts of speech11.2Grammatical functions31.3Words and patterns41.4Gender and number71.5Open and closed word classes71.6Phrase constituents121.7Rules of agreement13Chapter 2Writing and pronunciation162.1Introduction162.2Consonants and corresponding sounds172.3The Hebrew vowel system212.4Texts with and without vowels232.5Diacritic marks other than vowels252.6Syllables272.7Stress patterns282.8Dialectal variation in consonant articulation31Chapter 3The verb system333.1Introduction: verb components333.2Citation forms343.3Verb tenses353.4Historical notes: Biblical tenses and aspects403.5Moods and verbal nouns443.6Verb pattern groups473.7Verb categorization513.8With and without linking verbs523.9Verbs with obligatory prepositions533.10Active, stative and inchoative verbs54Chapter 4Verb pattern groups564.1Verb pattern: pa`al564.2Verb pattern: nif`al714.3Verb pattern: pi`el814.4Verb pattern: pu`al904.5Verb pattern: hitpa`el974.6Verb pattern: hif`il1084.7Verb pattern: huf`al119Chapter 5The noun system1255.1Introduction to the noun system1255.2Indefinite and definite noun forms1315.3Gender features1325.4Number features1375.5Noun patterns1395.6Nouns derived from verbs1435.7Noun patterns associated with semantic features1475.8Significant patterns with no semantic association1535.9Acronyms155Chapter 6Pronouns1586.1Forms of personal pronouns1586.2Independent subject pronouns1606.3Pronoun suffixes and prefixes in verbs and in existential expressions1646.4Pronouns suffixed to nouns and prepositions1686.5Demonstrative pronouns1706.6Interrogative and relative pronouns1736.7Impersonal pronouns164Chapter 7Numerals1777.1Free counting1777.2Cardinal numbers1827.3Noun phrases with cardinal numbers1837.4Ordinal numbers1877.5Fractions1887.6Multiplication values1897.7Numeric value of letters1907.8Phrases: days of the week, dates, telling time, age191Chapter 8Adjectives1948.1Introduction: forming adjectives1948.2Comparative and superlative adjectives1958.3Forming adjectives by adding suffix -i1978.4Nouns and adjectives of affiliation1988.5Participles that function as adjectives2028.6Special patterns204Chapter 9Adverbs and adverbial expressions2099.1Introduction2099.2Adverbs grouped according to form2099.3Adverbs grouped according to function2139.4Adverbs and 'degree' words2149.5Sentential adverbs218Chapter 10Particles22510.1Introduction22510.2The particle 'et' before definite direct objects22510.3Prepositions: prefixes, independent prepositions22810.4Prepositions or adverbs?24410.5Coordinating and correlative conjunctions24610.6Subordinators24810.7Exclamation particles and expressions250Chapter 11Noun phrases25211.1Introduction to noun phrases25211.2Noun phrase: noun + adjective25311.3Comparative and superlative adjectives25711.4Apposition noun phrases26011.5Construct phrases26111.6Phrases of possession27511.7Phrases with demonstrative pronouns27711.8Prepositional phrases28111.9Numerical and quantifier phrases28111.10Noun phrases with determiners28311.11Gerunds and infinitives in noun phrases287Chapter 12Verb phrases28812.1Introduction to verb phrases28812.2Verb phrases: verbs and objects28812.3Compound verb phrases29112.4Grouping verbs by semantic considerations29712.5Modal verbs29812.6Habitual aspect phrases29812.7Subjunctive and possibility phrases299Chapter 13Modal verbs and expressions30013.1Introduction to modality30013.2Modal verb phrases30113.3Impersonal modal expressions30513.4Temporal aspects in modality30613.5Modality expressed by phrases with [characters not reproducible]311Chapter 14Clauses and sentences31414.1Introduction31414.2Verbal sentences31614.3Nominal sentences31814.4Equational sentences31814.5Existential sentences32314.6Sentences of possession32414.7Elliptical sentences33014.8Classification of sentences by function33214.9Sentence classification by structure33414.10Simple sentences33514.11Coordinate/compound sentences33714.12Complex sentences33814.13Complement clauses34014.14Attributive clauses34414.15Relative clauses34514.16Adverbial clauses34914.17Conditional sentences35714.18Integrated sentences337Chapter 15Language in context36415.1Introduction36415.2Sentence or utterance?36515.3Topic and comment36615.4Focus and topic36915.5Deixis - reference to person, time and place36915.6Reported speech - direct and indirect37315.7Language registers37715.8Genres of text38115.9Cohesion and coherence of text38215.10Language in context: sample texts384Appendices390Appendix 1Verb tables390Appendix 2Noun tables416Appendix 3Particle tables425Appendix 4Punctuation rules428Appendix 5Plene writing436Index of grammatical topics438
