Quantifying expressions and negation in the Biblical Hebrew Cover Image

Wyrażenia kwantyfikujące i negacja w hebrajszczyźnie biblijnej
Quantifying expressions and negation in the Biblical Hebrew

Author(s): Kamilla Termińska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: general quantifier; existential quantifier; negation with a quantifier; field of interpretation; emphasis; idiomaticity of the ethnic language

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses Biblical Hebrew realizations of classical quantifiers, general and existential ones, both in assertive sentences and in combination with negation. Particular attention is paid to various quantifying expressions concerning the man and time, whose interpretation depends on a given field of interpretation. The problem of formula emphasizing and category illogicality of the expression ‘everything apart from’ has been highlighted and the major differences between the realizations of quantifier formulas in classical Hebrew and contemporary Polish have been outlined.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-29
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish