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1. R. Halevy, The Syntax and Semantics of the Restricted Phrasal Relation between Noun and Adjective in Contemporary Hebrew (unpublished ms. HebrewUniversity: Jerusalem 1986)  [Summa cum Laude]    (in Hebrew. Abstract in English)

2.  R. Halevy,   Restricted Collocations in Contemporary Hebrew – Theory, Syntax and Semantics (Doctoral dissertation, Hebrew University: Jerusalem 1992) [Summa cum Laude]    (in Hebrew. Abstract in English)

3.  R. Halevy, Hebrew on a Lexical Emphasis: Restricted Collocations in Contemporary Hebrew ( Academon: Jerusalem 1993)  (225 p. including an expanded index)

  4.  R. Halevy-Nemirovsky, Between Syntax and Lexicon (Magness : Jerusalem 1998)  (334 p. including index of subjects and lexical entries)

* Book Review: M.Z. Kaddari, “Between Syntax and Lexicon by Rivka Halevy-Nemirovsky”, Leshonenu 63 (1-2),  (The Academy of Hebrew Language: Jerusalem 2000-2001), 159-165 (in Hebrew. Abstract in English)

5. R. Halevy, “The communicational functions of speech-acts”, in E. Bassok (ed.), Hed Ha-Ulpan 49 (1986), 22-31 (in Hebrew)

6. R. Halevy , “Restricted collocations between noun and adjective in Contemporary Hebrew”, in M. Bar-Asher (ed.), Language Studies 2-3 (Magness Press: Jerusalem 1987), 411-422  (In Hebrew)

7. R. Halevy , “Free and bounded adjectives in Modern Hebrew”, in M. Bar-Asher (ed.), Language Studies 5-6 (Magness Press: Jerusalem 1992), 521-536 (In Hebrew)

8. R. Halevy , “Hebrew on lexical emphasis”, in E. Bassok (ed.), Hed Ha’ulpan 67 (1994), 61-66  (In Hebrew)

9. R. Halevy , “The structure of lexical meaning and its contextual modulation” , in M. Bar-Asher (ed.), Language Studies 7 (Magness Press: Jerusalem 1995), 219-236 (In Hebrew)

10. R. Halevy , “Contextual modulation of lexical meaning” in E. Weigand and F. Hundsnurscher (eds.), Lexical Structures and Language Use, Vol. 1, (Niemeyer: Tübingen 1996) , 223-231

11. R. Halevy, “Functional changes of šel phrases in Contemporary Hebrew”, Lešonenu 63 (1-2) 2000-2001 (The Academy of Hebrew Language: Jerusalem), 61-80  (In Hebrew. Abstract in English)

12. R. Halevy, “Complementary distribution of single vs. expanded lexical units in Modern Israeli Hebrew: Contemplations on the character of Modern Hebrew”, Lešonenu 63 (3-4) (The Academy of Hebrew Language: Jerusalem 2000-2001), 293-309  (In Hebrew. Abstract in English)

13. R. Halevy , “ Transitive verbs with non-accusative alternation in Hebrew: The relation between syntax and semantics”, Proceedings of the 13^th World Congress of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem 2002)  (In Hebrew)

14. R. Halevy, “Linguistic categorization in light of the prototypical model”, in A. Maman and S. Fassberg (eds.), Language Studies 9 (Magness Press: Jerusalem 2003), 127-156  (In Hebrew)

15. R. Halevy, “Coreferential dative pronouns in Hebrew: Contrastive data from French and German”, in  E.  Hajičova, A. Kotešovcova & J. Mirovsky (eds.) Proceedings of the XVII International Congress of Linguists (Prague , July 24-29, 2003)  available also on CD format.

17. R. Halevy, “šoteq lo ha-'adon: The function of the construction of verb + l + person reflexive pronoun in Contemporary Hebrew”, Lešonenu 66  (The Academy of Hebrew Language: Jerusalem 2003-2004), 111-143 (in Hebrew. Abstract in English)

18. R. Halevy , “On misunderstanding polysemy”, Lešonenu 66 (3-4) 2004-5 (In Hebrew)

19.  R. Halevy , “Transitive verbs in Hebrew with ‘et/be- alternation”, in A. Maman and S. Fassberg (eds.), Language Studies 10 (Magness Press:Jerusalem 2004), 31-65  (In Hebrew)

20. R. Halevy, "The function of the independent infinitival clause in Contemporary Hebrew", Proceedings of the 21^st Meeting of the Israeli Linguistic Society, April 2004 (Haifa University Press 2005) (In Hebrew)

21. R. Halevy, “The functions of the non-lexical Ze ('it')  in Contemporary Hebrew”, Lešonenu 67 (Academy of Hebrew Language : Jerusalem 2006),  283-307 (in Hebrew. Abstract in English)

22. R. Halevy, "The pragmatic function of the infinitival construction in Contemporary Hebrew”, Balshanut Ivrit 52 (Bar Ilan University: Ramat Gan 2006), 63-80 (In Hebrew. Abstract in English)

23. R. Halevy, "Indirect adjectival compounds - their  syntactic and semantic patterning", Proceedings of the 23^rd Meeting of the Israeli Linguistic Society, April 2005 (Tel Aviv University, 2006) (In Hebrew)

24. R. Halevy, “'Indirect adjective + noun construct phrases in Contemporary Hebrew”, Gates to Language Presented to M. Bar-Asher on his 65^th Birthday, vol. 3 (Byalik Institute: Jerusalem 2007), 96-116  (In Hebrew)

25. R. Halevy,  “ Transitive verbs with non-accusative alternation in Hebrew: Cross-language comparison with English, German and Spanish”, in N. Delbecque and B. Cornille (eds.), Trends in Linguistics: On Interpreting Construction Schemas-  from Action and Motion to Transitivity and Causality (Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin 2007), pp. 61- 101

26. R. Halevy,  “The Subject co-referential l- pronoun in Hebrew ”, in T. Bar & E. Cohen (eds.), Studies in Semitic and General Linguistics in Honor of Gideon Goldenberg ( Ugarit Verlag , Münster 2007), 299-321.

27. R. Halevy,  "The  swarm-class alternation and the meaning of the Tamyiz" , in A. Maman and S. Fassberg (eds.), Studies in Language 11-12, (HebrewUniversity, Magess Press: Jerusalem 2008), pp. 89-106  (In Hebrew. Abstract in English)

28. R. Halevy,  "The 'load/spray' alternation in Hebrew", Lešonenu 71 (2009), 181-202 (in Hebrew. Abstract in English)

29. R. Halevy, "“Book Review of ‘Language in the era of globalization’ edited by Elite Olstein and Nava Nevo (Magness Press, Jerusalem), Hed Ha-Ulpan  95 (2009)

 30. R. Halevy,  "Reciprocal constructions in Hebrew" , in: A. Maman & R. Bliboim (eds.), Judaic Studies in Memory of Moriah Liebson,  (In Hebrew) (Hebrew University : Jerusalem 2011), 265-286.

31. R. Halevy,  "Grammaticalization vs. intersubjectification of the construction of verb + subject-coreferential dative pronoun in Semitic",  (in process)  

32. R. Halevy, "Reciprocals", Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics,  general editor G. Khan, Brill: Leiden & Boston (2013)

33. R. Halevy,"Dative", Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics,  general editor G. Khan, Brill: Leiden (2013)

34. R. Halevy, "Deixis", Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics,  general editor G. Khan, Brill: Leiden (2013)

35.  R. Halevy, "Reflexive", Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics,  general editor G. Khan, Brill: Leiden (2013)

 36. R. Halevy, "The grammaticalization of bipartite reciprocal markers in Hebrew", Hebrew Studies 52  (2011), 7-19

37. R. Halevy, "Hebrew reciprocals: between syntax and lexicon", Leshonenu 73 (2011), 401-422

38. R. Halevy. "The reflexive pronoun in Hebrew: The diachronic and synchronic aspect", Leshonenu 65 (2013)
39. R. Halevy, "Syntax of Modern Hebrew", Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, general editor G. Khan, Brill: Leiden & Boston (2013)
40. R. Halevy, "The reinvention of the construction of verb + non-lexical subject-coreferential dative pronoun in Modern Hebrew", Journal of Semitic Studies  (2013) (forthcoming)
41.  R. Halevy, "The contribution of Hebrew to understanding the 'swarm-drip' case alternation", Hebrew Studies 54 (2013)
42. R. Halevy, "Incoherent Sentence-Focus Constructions in Colloquial Hebrew", (forthcoming)

selected list:

1. AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics)  – University of Lund, Sweden,  July 1981 :  paper presented " On acquiring collocations in L2"

2. EURALEX- Lumière 2,. Lyon, France, 2 September 1989- paper presented: " Lexicalization as a process between syntax and lexicon: data from Hebrew and elsewhere"

3.  Semantics and Pragmatics – Münster, Germany 3 September 1994-  paper presented: "Contextual modulation of lexical meaning"

4. SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea) – Poznan, Poland, 3 September 2000 - paper presented: " 'Regressive' syntagms of the type of  monstrum mulieris not only in Romance languages"

5. SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea) – K. U. Leuven, Belgium , 2 September 2001- paper presented: "Transitive Verbs "with Non-Accusative Alternation in Hebrew"

6. The 13^th World Congress of Jewish Studies , Jerusalem, HebrewUniversity, August 2001, paper presented: “ Transitive verbs with non-accusative alternation in Hebrew"

7. The 13^th World Congress of Jewish Studies  - The Post-Congress Session dedicated to Hebrew Language study – Jerusalem, HebrewUniversity,  August 2001, paper presented – "The pragmatic functions of the demonstrative pronoun Zeh in Contemporary Hebrew"

8. The 17^th International Congress of Linguists – Charles University, Prague, Czeck Republic,  July 2003-  paper presented: "Coreferential dative pronouns in Hebrew: Contrastive data from French and German”

9. International workshop on University teaching of Hebrew language, The International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, HebrewUniversity, June 2003 – paper presented: "Modern Hebrew – a Semitic language 'alive and kicking'"

10. The 21^st Meeting of the Israeli Linguistic Society,  HaifaUniversity, April 2004 – paper presented: "The function of the independent infinitival clause in Contemporary Hebrew"

11. The 23rd Meeting of the Israeli Linguistic Society, Tel Aviv University, 2007 - paper presented: "Indirect (or reversed) adjectival compounds in Hebrew - The interrelation between syntax and semantics" 

12. The 14 ^th World Congress of Jewish Studies,  Jerusalem, HebrewUniversity, August 2005 – paper presented: "Modal functions of the  insubordinate infinitive in Modern Hebrew"

13. NRG4 (New Reflections on Grammaticalization) – K .U. Leuven, Belgium, 17-19 July 2008-  paper presented:  "Grammaticalization 'chains' of the subject coreferential dative in Semitic and elsewhere"

14. Gramis 2010 (Grammaticalization & (inter)Subjectification)) -Royal Flemish Academy for Science & the Arts, Brussels 11-13 Nov 2010 - paper presented : "Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification as independent processes producing two variants of the same construction" 
15. Non-canonical predicative relation - International Conference, University of Caen ( France), 8-9 Nov. 2012 - paper presented: "Non-canonical predicative relations in sentence-focus constructions (thetic-like) in Contemporary Hebrew"
16. International conference on Hebrew instruction and Hebrew language research, Hebrew University Mt. Scopus 24-26 July 2013, paper presented: '"Pashut barxa lah - reinvention of the datival subject-coreferential pronoun in Modern Hebrew under the inspiration of Slavo-Yiddish"  

 17. Jewish Languages and Contemporary Hebrew, International Conference, Haifa University Dec 29, 2013, paper presented " Reinterpretation of a Classical Hebrew construction under the inspiration of Slavo-Yiddish"