Modern Hebrew in Israel - Representations of Linguistic Variation and Standard

This book is the first extensive study of the categories Hebrew speakers in Israel use for their classification of linguistic variation. It is commonly assumed that Modern Hebrew has no dialects in the traditional sense, despite considerable variation in everyday language use. Its particular sociolinguistic context makes Israel an interesting case to reassess cognitive sociolinguistic theory. This empirical study relies on interviews and experimental data from fieldwork to analyze cognitive processes that shape representations of social groups and linguistic phenomena. It is an original application of Grounded Theory Methodology and introduces the novel method group elicitation and rating task (GERT).

About the author

Philipp Striedl
, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Product details

• Authors: Philipp Striedl
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2025
• EAN: 9783111390550
• ISBN: 978-3-11-139055-0
• No. of pages: 298
• Weight: 574 g
• Illustrations: 6 b/w and 26 col. ill., 13 b/w tbl.
• Series: Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Hebräisch, Israel, Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Soziolinguistik, Linguistics, Kognitive Linguistik, Grounded Theory, Linguistic Variation, FOR011000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hebrew, Linguistische Vielfalt, Cognitive Sociolinguistics, Modern Hebrew