TY - JOUR
T1 - Are there grammatical differences between the language of religious and secular Jews? Observations on a morphophonological aspect of Israeli Hebrew
AU - Gonen, Einat
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Religious Jewish Hebrew speakers in Israel are accustomed to pray regularly, which might affect their language. The question is whether there is an apparent grammatical difference in their language as opposed to the language of secular Jewish people, who are not accustomed to prayer. In this article, I will examine the implementation of the vowel reduction rule in the language of the religious Jews in Israel in comparison to the language of the secular Jews. Furthermore, I will show that there are differences between the two groups only when reading sections of the prayer, and that the religious tend to a more accurate reading of part of the forms. On the other hand, it has been distinctly found that the reading common in prayer does not permeate into the ordinary natural speech of the religious speakers, and their grammar is formed similarly to that of their secular counterparts.
AB - Religious Jewish Hebrew speakers in Israel are accustomed to pray regularly, which might affect their language. The question is whether there is an apparent grammatical difference in their language as opposed to the language of secular Jewish people, who are not accustomed to prayer. In this article, I will examine the implementation of the vowel reduction rule in the language of the religious Jews in Israel in comparison to the language of the secular Jews. Furthermore, I will show that there are differences between the two groups only when reading sections of the prayer, and that the religious tend to a more accurate reading of part of the forms. On the other hand, it has been distinctly found that the reading common in prayer does not permeate into the ordinary natural speech of the religious speakers, and their grammar is formed similarly to that of their secular counterparts.
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U2 - 10.1353/hbr.2011.0005
DO - 10.1353/hbr.2011.0005
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AN - SCOPUS:84857572415
SN - 0146-4094
VL - 52
SP - 279
EP - 291
JO - Hebrew Studies
JF - Hebrew Studies
ER -