ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF GRAMMATICAL TERMINOLOGY IN MEDIEVAL HEBREW: THE CASE OF YEHUDA HADASSI'S SYSTEM.
This article serves two purposes: first, it underscores the pivotal role of Hebrew terminology in the Middle Ages, particularly its importance in the study of language grammar, and the profound questions that research should address to comprehend it. If we consider terminology as the "meta-language...
| Publicado en: | Hebrew Studies Vol. 66; pp. 125 - 142 |
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National Association of Professors of Hebrew
2025
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