Essays about: "lexicography"

Found 1 essay containing the word lexicography.

  1. 1. Etymology of Hebrew nouns : Re-examining the origins of the language of Israel

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Yaelle Kalifon; [2012]
    Keywords : Etymology; Hebrew; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Which sources most influence the language spoken in Israel? Is it the same language as the Hebrew of its ancestral heritage? Which periods in history brought about the changes of contemporary lexicon? These are the questions addressed in the current essay, which presents the inspection of nouns appearing in a recent newspaper, and their categorization according to the different periods in the history of the Hebrew language. The current thesis proposes the division into fourteen sets which account for each of the classical periods of the Hebrew language, as well as seven other stages, which are shown to have contributed to the Hebrew lexis in providing new meanings to existing words. READ MORE