6 The correlation between form and meaning
Every language develops and changes continuously, and there is no full correlation between form and meaning in all systems. The correlation between form and meaning in the various colloquial systems of Israeli Hebrew is generally discussed herein.
6.1 Form-meaning correlation in the verbal system
As mentioned, the Israeli Hebrew verbal system is a complex of five patterns, in which the basic pattern stems are combinations of roots and patterns, as explained in section 4.2 . Each of the five verbal stems carries one or two dominant semantic properties. These semantic properties usually stand for role-taking, such as agentive or reciprocal actions. In general, there is a relatively high correlation between ...
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