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Zeitschrift fur Althebraistik
Zeitschrift für Althebraistik currently does not have a website according to http://journalseek.net/cgi-bin/journalseek/journalsearch.cgi?field=issn&query=0932-4461Journal is only availablie in printIn recent years different theoretical frames of reference were used in attempts to
better understand the language(s) of the Hebrew Bible. While the 19th and first half
of the 20th century were dominated by historical-comparative approaches, structuralist
and functional approaches started to get the upperhand in many circles during
the latter quarter of the previous century.2 One of the main features of the latter
two modem linguistic approaches is the use of distributional criteria. Linguistic
categories at various levels of linguistic description are identified on account of the
fact that the members of each category enjoy the same paradigmatic and syntagmatic
distribution. The formal character and intersubjective verifiability of categories
identified on account of distributional criteria are of the major reasons why the use
of these criteria has been established as one of the cornerstones of most current
linguistic research. However, the question whether distributional criteria can render
significant insight to linguistic phenomena beyond the level of the clause is still
being debated. Furthermore, the empirical status of functional labels that are attached
to categories involved at these higher levels of description also gave rise to a
number of questions and uncertainties.Publishers' Versio