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Papers by Malka Muchnik

Research paper thumbnail of The Gender Challenge of Hebrew

Research paper thumbnail of Is Modern Hebrew a Synthetic or Analytic Language? Suffixed and Independent Pronouns in the Writing of Haim Be'er

Folia Linguistica Acta Societatis Linguisticae Europaeae, 2004

This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a sy... more This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a synthetic language that typically added grammatical elements through suffixation of a single character. In contrast, Modern Hebrew appears to be moving in the direction of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gender stereotypes in the language of Be my knife by David Grossman

Research paper thumbnail of 4 Gender in Modern Literature and Language

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 2 Language and Gender in Classical Hebrew

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 5 Gender Changes in the Language

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 3 Language, Gender and Religion

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 1 Introduction

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 6 Summary and Conclusions

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Telling the Same Story to your Child: Mothers’ versus Fathers’ Storytelling Interactions

Women Language, Oct 7, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Telling the same story to your child: Mothers’ versus fathers’ storytelling interactions

Bedtime stories are among the most popular discourse activities between parents and their childre... more Bedtime stories are among the most popular discourse activities between parents and their children. Research shows linguistic differences between mothers and fathers telling a story. These differences are often in the amount of talk, kind of information provided, speech-acts ...

Research paper thumbnail of Hebrew Learning and Identity Perception among Russian Speakers in Israel

Journal of Jewish Identities, 2011

This article probes the relation between the learning of Hebrew and the perception of identity am... more This article probes the relation between the learning of Hebrew and the perception of identity among new immigrants to Israel from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) from the mid-1990s to the middle of the first decade of the present century. In the research presented here two ...

Research paper thumbnail of Sentence Length in Two Novellas by Judith Katzir

Hebrew Studies, 2002

... The girls in tight colorful trieot shirts. ... They confirm the argument of Shlesinger that in... more ... The girls in tight colorful trieot shirts. ... They confirm the argument of Shlesinger that in this way it is possible to see at the same time very many things and understand their relations.” R. Ben-Shahar examines sentence structure in two novels by Ya°akov Shabtai, and argues that ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gender stereotypes in the language of Be my knife by David Grossman

Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Discourse strategies of maxzirim bitshuva : The case of a repentance preacher in Israel

Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 2005

This study deals with special discourse strategies used to lead Jewish mass audiences to repent a... more This study deals with special discourse strategies used to lead Jewish mass audiences to repent and return to the faith. The characteristic shared by all these audiences is their desire to embrace religious observance. The function of the speaker is to encourage them to do just that. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Changes in word order in two Hebrew translations of an Ibsen play

Target, 2003

This study examines differences in word order between two translations of Ibsen's play An en... more This study examines differences in word order between two translations of Ibsen's play An enemy of the people into Hebrew. Both versions were translated by Rivka Meshulach, with approximately 25 years between them. In the first version word order conforms to the norms of Classical ...

Research paper thumbnail of Is it just the telenovelas? Learning Spanish in Israeli schools

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2010

The article deals with the study of Spanish as a heritage or foreign language in Israel. It repor... more The article deals with the study of Spanish as a heritage or foreign language in Israel. It reports on research conducted at junior high and high schools, which included a student questionnaire and semi-structured in-depth interviews with teachers. One of the goals of the study was ...

Research paper thumbnail of Is Modern Hebrew a Synthetic or Analytic Language? Suffixed and Independent Pronouns in the Writing of Haim Be'er

Folia Linguistica, 2000

This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a sy... more This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a synthetic language that typically added grammatical elements through suffixation of a single character. In contrast, Modern Hebrew appears to be moving in the direction of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Language production in trilingual children: insights on code switching and code mixting

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of The Gender Challenge of Hebrew

Research paper thumbnail of Is Modern Hebrew a Synthetic or Analytic Language? Suffixed and Independent Pronouns in the Writing of Haim Be'er

Folia Linguistica Acta Societatis Linguisticae Europaeae, 2004

This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a sy... more This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a synthetic language that typically added grammatical elements through suffixation of a single character. In contrast, Modern Hebrew appears to be moving in the direction of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gender stereotypes in the language of Be my knife by David Grossman

Research paper thumbnail of 4 Gender in Modern Literature and Language

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 2 Language and Gender in Classical Hebrew

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 5 Gender Changes in the Language

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 3 Language, Gender and Religion

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 1 Introduction

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of 6 Summary and Conclusions

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Telling the Same Story to your Child: Mothers’ versus Fathers’ Storytelling Interactions

Women Language, Oct 7, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Telling the same story to your child: Mothers’ versus fathers’ storytelling interactions

Bedtime stories are among the most popular discourse activities between parents and their childre... more Bedtime stories are among the most popular discourse activities between parents and their children. Research shows linguistic differences between mothers and fathers telling a story. These differences are often in the amount of talk, kind of information provided, speech-acts ...

Research paper thumbnail of Hebrew Learning and Identity Perception among Russian Speakers in Israel

Journal of Jewish Identities, 2011

This article probes the relation between the learning of Hebrew and the perception of identity am... more This article probes the relation between the learning of Hebrew and the perception of identity among new immigrants to Israel from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) from the mid-1990s to the middle of the first decade of the present century. In the research presented here two ...

Research paper thumbnail of Sentence Length in Two Novellas by Judith Katzir

Hebrew Studies, 2002

... The girls in tight colorful trieot shirts. ... They confirm the argument of Shlesinger that in... more ... The girls in tight colorful trieot shirts. ... They confirm the argument of Shlesinger that in this way it is possible to see at the same time very many things and understand their relations.” R. Ben-Shahar examines sentence structure in two novels by Ya°akov Shabtai, and argues that ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gender stereotypes in the language of Be my knife by David Grossman

Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Discourse strategies of maxzirim bitshuva : The case of a repentance preacher in Israel

Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, 2005

This study deals with special discourse strategies used to lead Jewish mass audiences to repent a... more This study deals with special discourse strategies used to lead Jewish mass audiences to repent and return to the faith. The characteristic shared by all these audiences is their desire to embrace religious observance. The function of the speaker is to encourage them to do just that. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Changes in word order in two Hebrew translations of an Ibsen play

Target, 2003

This study examines differences in word order between two translations of Ibsen's play An en... more This study examines differences in word order between two translations of Ibsen's play An enemy of the people into Hebrew. Both versions were translated by Rivka Meshulach, with approximately 25 years between them. In the first version word order conforms to the norms of Classical ...

Research paper thumbnail of Is it just the telenovelas? Learning Spanish in Israeli schools

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2010

The article deals with the study of Spanish as a heritage or foreign language in Israel. It repor... more The article deals with the study of Spanish as a heritage or foreign language in Israel. It reports on research conducted at junior high and high schools, which included a student questionnaire and semi-structured in-depth interviews with teachers. One of the goals of the study was ...

Research paper thumbnail of Is Modern Hebrew a Synthetic or Analytic Language? Suffixed and Independent Pronouns in the Writing of Haim Be'er

Folia Linguistica, 2000

This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a sy... more This paper explores the nature of Modern Hebrew. As a Semitic language, Classical Hebrew was a synthetic language that typically added grammatical elements through suffixation of a single character. In contrast, Modern Hebrew appears to be moving in the direction of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Language production in trilingual children: insights on code switching and code mixting

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2007