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Considerations for the design of dependency treebanks for linguistic research in Biblical Hebrew
- Abstract:
- The article discusses the design and application of dependency treebanks for Biblical Hebrew, focusing on their potential for linguistic research. It highlights the importance of such treebanks in studying historical languages, where native speaker intuition is unavailable. The study compares dependency grammar frameworks, such as Universal Dependencies and Prague Dependencies, examining their suitability for different research goals, including syntax-semantics interface, word order analysis, and phonological-syntactic relationships. Specific criticisms of Universal Dependencies, particularly its hybrid nature prioritising semantic over surface-syntactic relations, are addressed alongside alternatives like the multilayered Prague Dependencies. The article emphasises the need for research-driven design, recommending adaptations based on the intended linguistic applications and underlying theoretical assumptions.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.11647/obp.0463.04
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+ Hornkohl, AD
- Role:
- Editor
+ Vidro, N
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- Editor
+ Watson, JCE
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- Editor
+ Coghill, E
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- Editor
+ Connolly, MM
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- Editor
+ European Research Council
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/0472cxd90
- Grant:
- 885040
- Publisher:
- Open Book Publishers
- Host title:
- Interconnected Traditions: Semitic Languages, Literatures, Cultures—A Festschrift for Geoffrey Khan
- Pages:
- 99-130
- Series:
- Semitic Languages and Cultures
- Series number:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
- Publication date:
- 2025-03-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-01-03
- Edition:
- 1
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2632-6914
- ISSN:
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2632-6906
- EISBN:
- 9781805115786
- ISBN:
- 9781805115779
- Language:
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English
- Subtype:
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Chapter
- Pubs id:
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1597815
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pubs:1597815
- Deposit date:
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2024-01-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Rober Crellin
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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- © 2025 Robert S. D. Crellin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute, and transmit the text; to adapt the text for non-commercial purposes of the text providing attribution is made to the authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
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