Developing technical terminology

[Mia Kalish]

'Z'not a "nit": Is a very nice addition
:-)
thanks
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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
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Subject: Re: [ILAT] Developing technical terminology

A nit with regard to the modernization of the Hebrew vocabulary.
The addition of modern terms to the Hebrew vocabulary began long before
Independence in 1948. It actually began in the 19th century with
the creation of Hebrew-language newspapers and the publication of novels
in Hebrew, and continued with the development of the Zionist movement
and increasing settlement in Palestine and the development of
Hebrew-language
collectives in Eastern Europe. The most important single figure in the
modernization of Hebrew was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who died in 1922.
His son Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda was the first native speaker of modern
Hebrew.