Dr. Evan Gary Cohen

Department of Linguistics

חוג לבלשנות סגל אקדמי בכיר

Email: evan@tauex.tau.ac.il

Phone: 03-6405026

Fax: 03-6405109

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Office: Webb - School of Languages, 403

about

Education:

1996, BA linguistics (cum laude), Tel-Aviv University

2003, MA linguistics (magna cum laude), Tel-Aviv University

2009, Ph.D. linguistics, Tel-Aviv University

Research:

Phonology

Phonetics - perception, production, acoustics

Loanword Phonology

Rhotics

Experimental approaches to Phonology-Phonetics

Heritage Linguistics

Conferences and Colloquia

Title of lecture	Venue	Year
The Pragmatics-Phonology Interface: Accessibility and Reduction in Hebrew Possessives	Tel Aviv University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2003
Pick a vowel, any vowel: Phenomena in Loanword Phonology	Tel Aviv University, Department of Hebrew Culture Colloquium	2006
The Role of Perception in Loanword Adaptation	Poster presented at Tel Aviv University. Future of Research Day, Tel Aviv University	2007
How to Pick the Right Vowel: Adaptation Patterns of English Vowels in Hebrew	Ben Gurion University. Linguistics Colloquium	2007
A jnd-based model for similarity in loanwords	University of Amsterdam Institute of Phonetic Sciences	2007
Predicting Adaptation Patterns: A jnd-based model for Similarity in Loanwords	Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP) 5, University of Toulouse-le Mirail, Toulouse, France	2008
Predicting Adaptation Patterns: Multiple Sources of Hebrew Vowels in English Loanwords	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS), Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, Germany	2008
Predicting Adaptation Patterns: Multiple Sources of Hebrew Vowels in Loanwords from English	Bar Ilan University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2008
Predicting Adaptation Patterns: Multiple Sources of Hebrew Vowels in Loanwords from English	Tel Aviv University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2008
The Connection between Kangaroos and Michael Jordan: On the Role of Similarity in Loanwords	Humanities Departmental Colloquium, Open University	2008
Non-Systematic Systems: The Grammar of Harmony in Hebrew	Tel Aviv University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2009
A Universal Perspective on Hebrew: The Nature of Phonological Principles	Israel Translators Association Conference	2009
Variation and Vowel Harmony: The Case of Hebrew Loanwords	The 18^th Manchester Phonology Meeting, University of Manchester, Manchester, England	2010
Stress in English Blends: A constraint-based analysis	International Conference on Lexical Blending, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France	2010
The Emergence of UG in the periphery: Vowel Harmony in Hebrew Loanwords	The 26^th Meeting of the Israeli Association of Theoretical Linguistics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel	2010
A Universal Perspective on Hebrew: The Nature of Phonological Principles	Lecture Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2010
Prosodic Factors in the Adaptation of Hebrew Rhotics in Loanwords from English	r-atics 3 – The Third International Workshop on the Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics and Typology of Rhotics, Bolzano, Italy	2011
Experimenting on Humans: Investigating the Human Linguistics Capability	Lecture Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2011
Hebrew as a Reflection of Phonological Universals	Humanities Departmental Colloquium, Open University	2011
On UG and Loanwords: Metathesis, Reduplication and Hebrew Rhotics	Tel Aviv University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2011
Hebrew Bases with Borrowed Affixes: A Multi-Dimensional Account	15^th International Morphology Meeting, Borrowed Morphology – Form and Meaning, Vienna, Austria	2012
יצא ב-שן (-tion) ו-אין: מילים עבריות עם מוספיות באנגלית	The 28^th Meeting of the Israeli Linguistics Circle in memory of Chaim Rosen, David Yelin College, Jerusalem	2012
'מגניביישן', 'בהחלטלי', 'ביחדנס' ועוד: צורנים שאולים בעברית.	The 13^th Scientific Convention: Research, Study and Creation in Oranim. Oranim College, Kiryat Tivon	2012
Two Paths – One Goal: Vowel Harmony in the Acquisition of Hebrew	The 28^th Meeting of the Israeli Association of Theoretical Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel	2012
יצא ב-שן (-tion) ו-אין: מילים עבריות עם מוספיות באנגלית	The 28^th Meeting of the Israeli Linguistics Circle in memory of Chaim Rosen, David Yelin College, Jerusalem	2012
'מגניביישן', 'בהחלטלי', 'ביחדנס' ועוד: צורנים שאולים בעברית.	The 13^th Scientific Convention: Research, Study and Creation in Oranim. Oranim College, Kiryat Tivon	2012
What's in a Name? Grammatical and Extra-Grammatical Factors in the Adaptation of Names	Israel Translators Association 2012 International Conference, Jerusalem	2012
Experimenting on Humans: Investigating the Human Linguistics Capability	Lectures Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2012
דפרסיבית, מדופרסת או סתם דיפרסד? דרכי ההסגלה של תארים שאולים בעברית.	The 8^th Oranim annual conference – Hebrew as a living language	2013
Crazy little thing called /r/: Unlocking the mysteries of the Hebrew rhotic	r-atics-4 – The Fourth International Symposium on Rhotics, Autrans (Grenoble), France	2013
Crazy little thing called /r/: Unlocking the mysteries of the Hebrew rhotic	The 29^th Meeting of the Israeli Association of Theoretical Linguistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel	2013
Between nouns and verbs: Borrowed adjectives as intermediate categories	American International Morphology Meeting 2, University of California, San Diego	2013
שאילה כצוהר למנגנון הלשוני: הסגלה מורפו-פונולוגית בשאילה מאנגלית לעברית	Tel Aviv University, Department of Hebrew Culture Colloquium	2013
סיפורו של הגה – תופעות פונולוגיות ברי"ש העברית	Bar Ilan University, Hebrew Language Department Colloquium	2013
איך קוראים לך? גורמים באדפטציה של שמות	Lecture Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2013
e או a? התגוונות בהחדרת תנועה	The 30^th Meeting of the Israeli Linguistics Circle in memory of Chaim Rosen, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel	2014
Between noun and verbs: Borrowed adjectives as intermediate categories	16^th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, Hungary	2014
What are we faithful to? On vowel epenthesis and variation (or lack thereof) in Hebrew verbs	Allomorphy, its logic and limitations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel	2014
Phonetically-based biases in the acquisition of Hebrew rhotics	LAGB Annual meeting, The Queen's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK	2014
What are we faithful to? On vowel epenthesis and variation (or lack thereof) in Hebrew verbs.	7^th Conference on Syntax, Phonology and Language Analysis, Karl-Franzens-University, Graz	2014
What are we faithful to? On vowel epenthesis and variation (or lack thereof) in Hebrew verbs	Tel Aviv University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2014
מוטב האדם מן הבהמה. על דוברים ודבורים מה שביניהם	Lecture Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2014
A Universal Perspective on Hebrew: The Nature of Phonological Principles	Lecture Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2014
Phoneme consistency vs. lexical frequency in Hebrew rhotic acquisition	12^th Old World Conference in Phonology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain	2015
איך קוראים לך? שפה, מוח, בירה	WIZE – lecture for general public	2015
בין ג'יבלי, הררי ובראד פיט הסגלת שמות בעברית בת-זמננו	OpenU	2015
מרגישים מיוחדים? אז זהו – שלא עברית בהיבט אוניברסלי	Think&Drink Different Tel-Aviv – lecture for general public	2015
איך קוראים לך? על תפישה ושפה	Think&Drink Different Bitan-Aharon – lecture for general public	2015
מותר האדם מן הבהמה? על דוברים ודבורים ומה שביניהם	Open University – Scientists Night	2015
The role of phoneme consistency in segmental acquisition: The case of Hebrew Dorsals	CLaS-CCD Colloquium Series – Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia	2015
Competing vowels and the lexicon/syntax distinction	17^th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria	2016
Vowel reduction in Israeli Heritage Russian	13^th Old World Conference in Phonology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary	2016
The story of /r/: Children’s edition (in Hebrew)	r-atics-5 – The Fifth International Symposium on Rhotics, Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands	2016
r-substitution: Where percepts, proximity and prosody meet.	r-atics-5 – The Fifth International Symposium on Rhotics, Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands	2016
The role of phoneme consistency in segmental acquisition: The case of Hebrew Dorsals	Ben Gurion University, Linguistics Department Colloquium	2016
Phonetic-Phonological factors in accent formation	Workshop on the academic teaching of Hebrew, Hebrew University of Jerusalem	2017
איך קוראים לך? על שפה ותפישה.	PayPal – open lecture	2019
Prominence: Stress and Intonation	Google – open lecture	2019
איך קוראים לך? על שפה ותפישה	Lecture Series for General Public, Tel Aviv University	2019
What’s your name?	Limmud conference, Birmingham, UK	2019

Publications

Refereed Articles in Journals
Published

E. Cohen. 2012. Vowel harmony and universality in Hebrew acquisition. Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 4:7-29.
E. Cohen. 2013. The Emergence of the Unmarked: Vowel Harmony in Hebrew Loanword Adaptation. Lingua 131:66-79.
E. Cohen. 2015. Phoneme complexity and frequency in the acquisition of Hebrew rhotics. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development 3(1):1-11.
E. Cohen and A. Ben-David. 2016. The role of allophony and frequency in the acquisition of the Hebrew rhotic. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 30:101-118. (http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4Hm6ZQvfsbkFZ6M7ATFT/full).
L. Laks, E. Cohen and S. Azulay-Amar. 2016. Paradigm uniformity and the locus of derivation: The case of vowel epenthesis in Hebrew verbs. Lingua 170:1-22.
D. Asherov, A. Fishman and E. Cohen. 2016. Vowel reduction in Israeli Heritage Russian. Heritage Language Journal 13(2):113-133.
L. Laks and E. Cohen. 2016. Component-dependent allomorphy and paradigm accessibility: Evidence from Hebrew. Morphology. DOI 10.1007/s11525-016-9288-1
E. Cohen, V. Silber-Varod and N. Amir. 2018. The acoustics of primary and secondary stress in Modern Hebrew. Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 10:5-23.
E. Cohen. 2019. Loanword Phonology in Modern Hebrew. N. Faust, O. Bat-El and E. Cohen (eds.) Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 11:182-200.
E. Cohen, L. Laks and C. Savu. 2019. The Phonetics of Hebrew Rhotics. N. Faust, O. Bat-El and E. Cohen (eds.) Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 11:28-48.
O. Bat-El, E. Cohen, V. Silber-Varod. 2019. Hebrew Stress: Phonology and Phonetics. N. Faust, O. Bat-El and E. Cohen (eds.) Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 11:96-118.
D. Asherov and E. Cohen. 2019. A Phonetic Description of Modern Hebrew Consonants and Vowels. N. Faust, O. Bat-El and E. Cohen (eds.) Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 11:3-27.
N. Amir, E. Cohen, Y. Reshef and E. Gonen. 2019. Evidence of Recent Sound Change in Modern Hebrew – A Shift in Vowel Perception. International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 349-352.
A. Schonefeld, E. Cohen and O. Bat-El. 2019. Variable base-word positioning in English blends. Lexis 14:1-17.
R. Schneider and E. Cohen. 2022. Case Syncretism: The case of Arabic plurals. Radical: A Journal of Phonology 4:183-210.

Refereed articles in Books
Published

E. Cohen. 2010. Predicting Adaptation Patterns: Multiple Sources of Hebrew Vowels in English Loanwords. Nicht-native Einheiten und Strukturen. Strategien der Integration und Isolation in der Sprache.In Anke Holler and Carmen Scherer (eds.). Tübingen: Niemeyer. 51-63.
O. Bat-El and E. Cohen. 2012. Stress in English blends: A constraint-based approach. In V. Renner, F. Maniez and P. Arnaud (eds), Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Lexical Blending, 193-211. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter
E. Cohen. 2013. Prosodic factors in the adaptation of Hebrew rhotics in loanwords from English. Rhotics. In L. Spreafico and A. Vietti (eds), Rhotics. New data and perspectives, 191-206. Bozen-Bolzano: Bozen-Bolzano University Press.

Invited Articles in Encyclopaedias
Published

E. Cohen. 2013. Vowel harmony. In G. Kahn (ed), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (EHLL), 625-628. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
E. Cohen and A. Ussishkin. 2013. Stress. In G. Kahn (ed.), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (EHLL), 979-981. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

Book Reviews

E. Cohen. 2012. A review of Vowel Patterns in Language by Rachel Walker. The Phonetician 105-160:121-124.

Edited Volumes

E. Cohen, 2011. Proceedings of the 27^th meeting of the Israeli Association for Theoretical Linguistics. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
E. Cohen, 2012. Proceedings of the 28^th meeting of the Israeli Association for Theoretical Linguistics. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
N. Faust, E. Cohen, and O. Bat-El. Special Issue on Modern Hebrew Phonology in Brill’s Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics.

Proceedings

E. Cohen, 2011. The Emergence of UG in the Periphery: Vowel Harmony in Hebrew Loanwords. Proceedings of the 26^th meeting of the Israeli Association for Theoretical Linguistics. http://linguistics.huji.ac.il/IATL/26/Cohen.pdf/
E. Cohen. 2012. Two Paths – One Goal: Vowel Harmony in the Acquisition of Hebrew. In E. Cohen (ed.), Proceedings of the 28^th meeting of the Israeli Association for Theoretical Linguistics. 1-24. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 68. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
N. Amir, E. Cohen, Y. Reshef, and E. Gonen. 2019. Evidence of Recent Change in Modern Hebrew – A Shift in Vowel Perception. Proceedings of ICPhs (pp. 349-352).