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Title: On the Special Status of the Vowels a and E in Israeli Hebrew (Essay)
Author : Hebrew Studies Journal
Release Date : January 01, 1999
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 208 KB

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The vowel system of Israeli Hebrew is simpler than those in earlier phases of the language. It contains only five phonemes: i, e, a, o, u. (1) This article argues that in determining which of them is "unmarked," that is, the most natural, or most expected, it is useful to posit a dichotomy between the automatic-phonetic and conscious-psychological domains. I. PHONETIC VS. PSYCHOLOGICALLY-BASED MARKEDNESS