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Some Considerations on the Problem of Diglossia in Biblical Hebrew*

于Annali Sezione Orientale
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Maria Maddalena Colasuonno Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” marilenacolas@gmail.com

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This article challenges the notion of diglossia, invoked by Gary A. Rendsburg (1990) as one of the parameters of linguistic variation in Biblical Hebrew, from both the methodological and linguistic points of view.

Firstly, thus far the existence of diglossia in Biblical Hebrew has been widely accepted, although no Hebraist has demonstrated the functional specialization between spoken and written Hebrew (i.e. low vs. high varieties) in biblical times.

Secondly, among the alleged diglossic isoglosses presented by Rendsburg, 1) gender neutralisation; 2) -שֶׁ instead of אֲשֶׁר as nota relationis; and 3) the proleptic pronominal suffix are discussed.

Finally, by combining the sociolinguistic and pragmatic approaches this survey aims to cast new light on these debated isoglosses.

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