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2 34 33_RE: Normativism vs. descriptivism21_Rosenfelder, Yehezkel36_Yehezkel_Rosenfelder@icominfosys.com31_Sun, 11 Jun 2000 12:04:07 +0300372_iso-8859-1 There is another aspect to this discussion not yet mentioned (and I realize it will be seen as irrelevant by some). Hebrew, as any language, took on changes over the years. Nonetheless, the Tanach serves not just a language basis, but as a basis of the Jewish religion -- one where grammatical interpretations affect conceptual and halachic understanding. [...]
37 57 33_RE: Normativism vs. descriptivism10_Jerry Blaz19_ffdog@earthlink.net31_Sun, 11 Jun 2000 03:02:25 -0700481_us-ascii My heart is with you, but my head is with the knowledge of what occurs to a living language. The language is continually changing, but I do agree that we have to attempt to direct the changes that occur to the best as teachers, as public speakers, as actors, as anyone whose voice is heard by others, because it is through the voice that the changes occur. The whole world is a narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid. Thus it is with living languages. [...]
95 33 33_Re: Normativism vs. descriptivism14_Tsuguya Sasaki15_tsuguya@gol.com31_Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:19:11 +0900486_iso-8859-1 I prefer not to use the term "revival" to refer to the genesis of Modern Hebrew as it is liable to give a distorted, mythicized and simplified image of this highly complex process to non-linguists and sometimes even to linguists. Modern Hebrew is not a revived form of any specific historical layer of Hebrew, be it Biblical or Mishnaic, as it is. My teacher Prof. Shelomo Morag z"l also avoided the term "revival" and used to say "Full Return" (_shiva mle'a_) instead. [...]
129 78 33_Re: Normativism vs. descriptivism7_Sefarad21_sefarad@geocities.com31_Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:28:00 -0400549_US-ASCII The hand writing cursive script we use in modern Hebrew is the one used by Ashkenazim to write Yiddish (cursive Yiddish). We Sephardim have another solitreo (hand writing Hebrew script) which is used only by very few people today.<br><br>Shalom<br><br>Frantz<br><br>PS. The old Jewish Encyclopedia has one of the best articles on the subject and one of the best comparative tables that shows cursive and print scripts of the Hebrew language by century and by communities. I can send you a copy if you can't find it in a local library. [...]
208 37 33_Re: Normativism vs. descriptivism13_Monica Devens17_mdevens@yahoo.com37_Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:20:26 -0700 (PDT)556_us-ascii --- Sefarad <sefarad@geocities.com> wrote: > The hand writing cursive script we use in modern Hebrew is the one used by > Ashkenazim to write Yiddish (cursive Yiddish). We Sephardim have another > solitreo (hand writing Hebrew script) which is used only by very few people > today. > > Shalom > > Frantz > > PS. The old Jewish Encyclopedia has one of the best articles on the subject > and one of the best comparative tables that shows cursive and print scripts > of the Hebrew language by century and by communities. I can send you a copy > [...]