[Lexicog] Coinages

[Fritz Goerling]

Hayim,

 

The revival of Hebrew is certainly a unique case. In which area of
neologisms did Ben-Yehudah contribute the most?

 

Fritz

 

 

In the modern period the major contributor of new words was Eliezer
Ben-Yehudah (Perelman, 1858-1922), Hebrew writer and lexicographer, while
some lexemes and many phrases were contributed by Hayim Nahman Bialik
(1873-1934), greatest modern Hebrew poet. However the nature of Hebrew
neologisms differs significantly from the cases of English and Russian.
Hebrew contributions served revival of Hebrew from the dead, while both
English and Russian were spoken languages.

Hayim Y. Sheynin




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