My work covers the two major academic fields of philology and linguistics. Among other things I seek to develop new methodologies for finding points of contact between these two distinct but interrelated fields.
In my studies, I explore and analyse different types of phenomena across the Semitic languages, mostly in the history of Hebrew and Aramaic.
My research interests revolve around different aspects of linguistics, including historical linguistics, syntax, and semantics. Specific topics that I study are negation, reciprocal constructions, possessive constructions, non-selected datives, and causative constructions.
I also devoted some studies to the history of linguistics (especially to the theoretical foundations of the work of Ferdinand de Saussure), and also to linguistic studies in dialogue with Jewish studies.
My students work on a large variety of topics in linguistics and Hebrew language.
Contact
Language, Logic and Cognition Center
Australia Compund
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 9190501
Recent Publications
- Direct causation: A new approach to an old question [Internet]
- A Formal Approach to Reanalysis and the Early Semantic Stability Hypothesis: Exploring the Test Case of the Negative Counterfactual Marker ʾilmale in Hebrew and Aramaic
- Verbal strategies for expressing reciprocity – the case of Hebrew
- Two types of negation: semantics, distribution and history
- Modeling progress: causal models, event types, and the imperfective paradox
- Sufficient and Necessary Conditions for a Non-Unified Analysis of Causation.