פרופ' ברכה ניר

• Effects of Systematicity on Word Learning in Preschool Children: The Case of Semitic Morpho-Phonology, Omar, N., Nir, B. & Banai, K., Mar 2026, In: Language and Speech. 69, 1 Special Issue: Building Linguistic Systems, p. 183-204 22 p.
• In their own words: pre-school children’s verbalizations of the appearance-reality distinction, Hansen, M. B., Nir, B., Simonin, C. & Veneziano, E., 2025, In: Language Learning and Development. 21, 4, p. 439-463 25 p.
• When more is less: the impact of multimorphemic words on learning word meaning, Omar, N., Banai, K. & Nir, B., 1 Dec 2024, In: Language and Cognition. 16, 4, p. 1852-1880 29 p.
• Muddy Waters: Design Thinking for Understanding the Multi-Organizational Problem Space of the Water Sector, Levy, M., Housh, M., Hartman, A., Ayalon, O., Nir, B., Ostfeld, A. & Hadar, I., Nov 2024, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 16, 22, 9819.
• Integrating attachment and linguistic perspectives on the coherence of narratives regarding close relationships: A qualitative illustration, Nir, B. & Sher-Censor, E., Jun 2024, In: Acta Psychologica. 246, 104242.
• Emotional engagement in expressive writing Clinical and discursive perspectives, Mordechay, D. S., Eviatar, Z. & Nir, B., 21 Feb 2024, In: Narrative Inquiry. 34, 1, p. 191-223 33 p.
• Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Consolidation of Morphologically Derived Words in a Novel Language: Evidence From Hebrew Speakers, Nathaniel, U., Eidelsztein, S., Geskin, K. G., Yamasaki, B. L., Nir, B., Dronjic, V., Booth, J. R. & Bitan, T., 2024, In: Neurobiology of Language. 5, 4, p. 864-900 37 p.
• Variation of sign parameters in narrative and expository discourse A view from Israeli Sign Language, Cohen-Koka, S., Nir, B. & Meir, I., 31 Dec 2023, In: Sign Language and Linguistics (Online). 26, 2, p. 218-257 40 p.
• The Case of Mouth Action in Israeli Sign Language Discourse, Cohen-Koka, S., Nir, B. & Meir, I., Dec 2023, In: Sign Language Studies. 23, 2, p. 197-242 46 p.
• Decomposition in early stages of learning novel morphologically derived words: The impact of linear vs. non-linear structure, Nathaniel, U., Eidelsztein, S., Geskin, K. G., Yamasaki, B. L., Nir, B., Dronjic, V., Booth, J. R. & Bitan, T., Nov 2023, In: Cognition. 240, 105604.
• Should they stay or should they go? Alliances and rapport in child-caregiver-therapist SLT sessions, Nir, B. & Dori-Hacohen, G., 25 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders. 14, 3, p. 430-455 26 p.
• A hidden nusach: the linguistic literacy of the Maharam Lublin, Cohen, O. & Nir, B., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Jewish Studies. 74, 2, p. 382-407 26 p.
• Linguistic Variation, Discourse Analysis, and Deaf Education: Case Studies from ISL, Cohen-Koka, S., Nir, B. & Meir, I., 1 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 28, 1, p. 84-98 15 p.
• אתגרים בתהליך בניית לוחות התקשורת, Translated title of the contribution: Challenges in the process of developing communication boards⁨טנוס, ר.⁩, ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩ & ⁨חצרוני, א.⁩, 2023, In: תקשורת תומכת וחליפית. 38, p. 44-54 11 p.
• התערבות מוקדמת עבור פעוטות עם מש"ה, Translated title of the contribution: Early intervention for children with developmental intellectual disability⁨טננבאום, ר.⁩, ⁨יפעת, ר.⁩ & ⁨ניר, ב.⁩, 2022, מוגבלות שכלית התפתחותית: תיאוריה, מחקר והשלכות יישומיות. ⁨אל-יגון, מ.⁩ & ⁨מרגלית, מ.⁩ (eds.). p. 541-572 32 p.
• Reading and Writing in a Diglossic Context: A Multifaceted Perspective, Abu-Liel, A. K., Ibrahim, R., Nir, B. & Eviatar, Z., 2022, Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and in Dialectal Contexts: Psycholinguistic, Neurolinguistic, and Educational Perspectives. Saiegh-Haddad, E., Laks, L. & McBride, C. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 303-357 55 p.
• “Where did you go to?” recognizing child agency as it emerges dynamically in interaction, Gleitman, M. & Nir, B., 2022, In: Mind, Culture, and Activity. 29, 3, p. 236-255 20 p.
• Learning beyond words Morphology and the encoding of hierarchical categories, Omar, N., Banai, K. & Nir, B., 31 Dec 2021, In: Mental Lexicon. 16, 2-3, p. 397-421 25 p.
• Editorial, Masini, F. & Nir, B., 2 Aug 2021, In: Constructions and Frames. 13, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.
• איך נראה בום? ג'סטות של פעוטות בקריאה משותפת של סיפור, Translated title of the contribution: What does Boom look like? Toddlers' use of gestures in shared book-reading⁨טננבאום, ר.⁩, ⁨יפעת, ר.⁩ & ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, 2021, In: ד"ש ברש"ת. 40, p. 67-99 33 p.
• השפעת אמצעי האליסיטציה על נרטיבים של ילדים בגילאי טרום בית ספר, Translated title of the contribution: The effect of elicitation tools on pre-school children's narrative texts⁨בלכנר, ל.⁩ & ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, 2021, In: ד"ש ברש"ת. 40, p. 124-157 34 p.
• אז מה אומרים בכפר כנא? 'היה עוזר לו' או 'עזר לו'?, Translated title of the contribution: Narrative tenses in the North Palestinian Dialect of Kafr Kanna⁨עומר, פ.⁩, ⁨הנקין-רויטפרב, ר.⁩ & ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, 2021, In: ד"ש ברש"ת. 40, p. 159-182 24 p.
• דבר העורכת האורחת: השפעות מתמשכות - גיליון מיוחד של ד"ש ברשת לזכרה של פרופ' עירית מאיר, ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, 2021, In: ד"ש ברש"ת. 40, p. 3-9 7 p.
• A role for incidental auditory learning in auditory-visual word learning among kindergarten children, Banai, K., Nir, B., Moav-Scheff, R. & Bar-Ziv, N., 2020, In: Journal of Vision. 20, 3, 4.
• Syntax, NIR, B. (Editor), 2020, Usage-Based Studies in Modern Hebrew: Background, Morpho-lexicon, and Syntax. Berman, R. A. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 419-676 (Studies in Language Companion; no. 210).
• The Role of Prior Knowledge in Morphological Learning in an Artificial Second Language, Yamasaki, B. L., Bitan, T., Dronjic, V., Nathaniel, U., Lytle, M. N., Eidelsztein, S., Nir, B. & Booth, J. R., 14 Oct 2019.
• המורפו-תחביר בהתפתחות שפה: דיאכרוניה, סינכרוניה ואבולוציה, Translated title of the contribution: Morpho-syntax and language development: Diacrony, Synchrony and Evolution⁨ניר, ב.⁩, 2019, שינוי ושונות בלשון. ⁨ברמן, ר.⁩ (ed.). ירושלים: האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים
• Writing between languages: the case of Arabizi, Abu-Liel, A. K., Eviatar, Z. & Nir, B., 1 Jan 2019, In: Writing Systems Research. 11, 2, p. 226-238 13 p.
• Balancing institutional authority and children’s agency: The Hebrew verb lircot (to want) in speech-language therapy sessions, Nir, B., Mayost-Abramovich, I. & Dori-Hacohen, G., 2019, In: Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders. 10, 2, p. 153-178 26 p.
• Special Issue on Stance-taking, dialogic resonance and the construction of intersubjectivity, NIR, B. (Editor) & Zima, E. (Editor), 2017, In: Functions of Language. 24, 1
• The power of engagement: Stance-taking, dialogic resonance and the construction of intersubjectivity, Nir, B. & Zima, E., 2017, In: Functions of Language. 24, 1, p. 3-15 13 p.
• Development of intra- and inter-clausal dependency in Hebrew, Nir, B., 25 Aug 2016, Acquisition and Development of Hebrew: From infancy to adolescence. Berman, R. A. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, Vol. 19. p. 259–294 36 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 19).
• Clause combining across grammars: A contrastive analysis of L1 and L2 construal of discourse organization, Nir, B., 22 Mar 2016, Constructions across Grammars. Hilpert, M. & Östman, J.-O. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 97-130 34 p. (Benjamins Current Topics; vol. 82).
• Categories of Referential Content in Expository Discussions of Conflict, Nir, B. & Katzenberger, I., 2016, Written and Spoken Language Development across the Lifespan: Essays in Honour of Liliana Tolchinsky. Perera, J., Aparici, M., Rosado, E. & Salas, N. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 271-285 15 p.
• Formulations on Israeli political talk radio: From actions and sequences to stance via dialogic resonance, Nir, B., Dori-Hacohen, G. & Maschler, Y., Aug 2014, In: Discourse Studies. 16, 4, p. 534-571 38 p.
• Development of adjective frequencies across semantic classes: A growth curve analysis of child speech and child-directed speech, Tribushinina, E., Van Den Bergh, H., Ravid, D., Aksu-Koç, A., Kilani-Schoch, M., Korecky-Kröll, K., Leibovitch-Cohen, I., Laaha, S., Nir, B., Dressler, W. & Gillis, S., 2014, In: LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition. 5, 2, p. 185-226 42 p.
• The Acquisition of Noun Plurals among Early Sequential Russian-Hebrew Speaking Bilinguals: A Longitudinal Multiple Case Study, Schwartz, M., Nir, B., Leikin, M., Levie, R. & Ravid, D., 1 Jan 2014, In: Heritage Language Journal. 11, 2, p. 151-185 35 p.
• Computational evaluation of the Traceback Method, Kol, S., Nir, B. & Wintner, S., Jan 2014, In: Journal of Child Language. 41, 1, p. 174-197 24 p.
• Parsing Hebrew CHILDES transcripts, Gretz, S., Itai, A., MacWhinney, B., Nir, B. & Wintner, S., Mar 2013, In: Language Resources and Evaluation. 49, 1, p. 107-145 39 p.
• A Morphologically Annotated Hebrew CHILDES Corpus, Albert, A., MacWhinney, B., Nir, B. & Wintner, S., 2012, Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Models of Language Acquisition and Loss. USA: Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 20–22 3 p. (EACL '12).
• שפה דבורה ושפה כתובה לאורך ההתבגרות, Translated title of the contribution: Spoken language / Written language across adolescence⁨ברמן, ר.⁩ & ⁨ניר, ב.⁩, 2011, אוריינות ושפה: יחסי גומלין, דו-לשוניות וקשיים. ⁨קורת, ע.⁩ & ⁨ארם, ד.⁩ (eds.). ירושלים: הוצאת ספרים ע"ש י"ל מאגנס, האוניברסיטה העברית, Vol. 1. p. 211-229 19 p.
• תיאורי האופן בעברית החדשה: ראיות מניתוח טקסטים, Translated title of the contribution: Adverbs in Modern Hebrew: Text-based perspective⁨ברמן, ר.⁩ & ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, 2011, In: חלקת לשון. 43-44, p. 178-200 23 p.
• תארי הפועל בעברית: מבט מתיאוריית "דיקדוק הצירופים/התבניות", Translated title of the contribution: Hebrew adverbs: A Construction Grammar approachNir, B., 2011, דברי המפגשים השנתיים של החוג לבלשנות על שם חיים רוזן 18. החוג הישראלי לבלשנות, p. 76-87 12 p. (דברי המפגשים השנתיים של החוג לבלשנות על שם חיים רוזן 18).
• The language of expository discourse across adolescence, Berman, R. A. & Nir, B., 1 Jan 2009, Expository Discourse in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Development and Disorders. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 99-122 24 p.
• Cognitive and linguistic factors in evaluating text quality: Global versus local?, Berman, R. A. & Nir, B., 2009, Human Cognitive Processing. Evans, V. & Pourcel, S. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 421-440 20 p. (Human Cognitive Processing; vol. 24).
• Core morphology in child directed speech: Crosslinguistic corpus analyses of noun plurals, Ravid, D., Dressler, W., Nir-Sagiv, B., Korecky-Kröll, K., Souman, A., Rehfeldt, K., Laaha, S., Bertl, J., Basbøll, H. & Gillis, S., 9 Apr 2008, Corpora in Language Acquisition Research: History, methods, perspectives. Behrens, H. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 25-60 36 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 6).
• ניתוח טקסטים כראי להתפתחות שפה מאוחרת, ⁨ברמן, ר.⁩, ⁨לוסטיגמן, ל.⁩ & ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, 2008, In: עיונים בשפה וחברה. 1, 1, p. 10-47 38 p.
• התפתחות המשלב הלשוני בגיל בית הספר כגורם מבחין בין סוגות ובין אופנויות, ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩, ⁨שטרנאו, מ.⁩, ⁨ברמן, ר.⁩ & ⁨רביד, ד.⁩, 2008, In: אוריינות ושפה. 1, p. 71-103 33 p.
• Vocabulary development across adolescence: Text-based analyses, Nir-Sagiv, B., Bar-Ilan, L. & Berman, R. A., 2008, Studies in Language and Language Education: Essays in Honor of Elite Olshtain. Olshtain, E., Stavans, A. & Kupferberg, I. (eds.). Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, p. 47-74 28 p.
• אוצר המילים כמבחין משלבי: עברית לעומת אנגלית, ⁨בר-אילן, ל.⁩, ⁨ניר-שגיב, ב.⁩ & ⁨שטרנאו, מ.⁩, 2006, העברית שפה חיה - [כרך ד] (קובץ). חיפה, p. 71-86 16 p.

תלמידות מחקר ותלמידי מחקר לתואר שלישי, בעבר ובהווה (לפי סדר כרונולוגי)

Dr. Daphna Sabo Mordechay

Together with Prof. Zohar Eviatar

Expressive Writing: When and with whom does it work? What in the writing itself can be associated with improvements of well-being?

Dr. Niveen Omar

Together with Prof. Karen Banai

Eyes, ears, and minds: perceptual, conceptual, and linguistic factors in word learning in speakers of Semitic languages

Dr. Shirit Cohen-Koka

Together with Prof. Irit Meir

Linguistic Variation Linguistic Variability from a Comparative Perspective: Quantitative and Qualitative Insights from Discourse Analysis in Israeli Sign Language

Dr. Raz Tenenbaum

Together with Prof. Irit Meir and Prof. Rachel Yifat

The development of gestures as a means to express communication acts by toddlers with typical development and toddlers with cerebral palsy

Dr. Tamara Halutzi

Together with Dr. Miriam Levinger, Sapir Academic College

The Impact of Professional and Discursive Stances of Israeli Sign Language (ISL) Simultaneous Interpreters on Interpreting

Yael Shotland (in progress)

Understanding Time, Space, and Contrast: On the Relation between the Emergence of Verbs and the Conceptualization of Cognitive Constructs in Early Development

Ifat Keinan-Guy (in progress)

Together with Prof. Arza Churchman, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Design language and inclusive rehabilitation: A multidisciplinary analysis of the rehabilitation process among people with CVA

Ofra Lemberg (in progress)

Together with Dr. Shiri Perlman-Avnion, Tel-Hai Academic College

The stance-taking process of children with autism: Psychodrama and reflective processes for elicitation and intervention

תלמידות מחקר ותלמידי מחקר לתואר שני, בעבר ובהווה (לפי סדר כרונולוגי):

Sheli Kol, MA

Together with Prof. Shuly Wintner

Towards a computational model of early syntactic acquisition

Yael Zack, MA

Investigating the script of storybook sharing by comparing the use of a traditional and a tableted-book : a developmental perspective

Sahar Yunes Nahas, MA

Together with Prof. Irit Meir

Characterizing the differences in maternal use of content-words in four different contexts

Liran Blechner, MA

Together with Prof. Irit Meir

The influence of elicitation tools on children's narrative capabilities at preschool age

Oved Itshaki, MA

Together with Prof. Rachel Yifat

Morphological and discursive skills of bilingual Russian-Hebrew speaking children : perspective of lexical repetitions analysis in extended discourse

Jenia Koifman, MA

Together with Prof. Mila Schwartz, Oranim Academic College of Education

Acquisition of inflectional verb morphology in Hebrew by early sequential Russian-Hebrew bilinquals

Irit Abramovitch-Mayost, MA

Patterns in the openings of institutional interactions: negotiating therapy and authority in the discourse of speech and language therapists with children

Michal Kadmi, MA

Prepositional phrases in the language of L2 Hebrew speaking children

Rotem Rubin, MA

The use of the clarification request among speech language therapists within the context of child treatment

Lisa Shapsu, MA

Together with Prof. Irit Meir

Argument structure in simple clauses in Adyghe (Circassian) : a linguistic and developmental examination

Danit Weinberger, MA

The linguistic expression of engagement and intersubjectivity in socio-dramatic play : A Dialogic Syntax perspective

Hagar Feinstein, MA

Together with Prof. Irit Meir

The linguistic register as a distinguishing factor between genres in written discourse of deaf adults : narrative texts versus expository texts

Ifat Keinan-Guy, MA

Together with Prof. Jonathan Ventura, Hadassah Academic College- Jerusalem

The Influence of design language on institutional interaction

Ofra Lemberg, MA

Together with Dr. Shiri Perlman-Avnion, Tel-Hai Academic College

The multidimensional stance taking process in personal experience narratives elicited through psychodramatic scenes

Biana Davidow, MA

Together with Prof. Mikkel Hansen, Department of Psychology, University of Paris 8, France

Construing Contrast: A discourse-based account of how Hebrew-speaking pre-school children verbalize contrastive distinctions as a function of various syntactic constructions

Stav Eidelsztein, MA

Together with Prof. Tali Bitan

Decomposition in the early stages of word learning of an artificial morpho-lexicon: The impact of morphological structure

Sivan Shaul, MA

Out of the mouth of toddlers: A psycholinguistic experimental perspective on interpreting child speech

Rana Tanous, MA

Perceptions of Speech and Language Therapists in building communication boards

Bar Amar, MA

Gender perceptions of young adults who identify on the autism spectrum –The view from Discourse Analysis

Soaad Darawshe, MA

Gender agreement marking in modifying and predicating constructions in spoken Palestinian Arabic: A developmental perspective

Shlomit Katz, MA

From Policy to Therapy: Former USSR 1.5 Generation Immigrant Parents’ Perceptions on Language and SLT

Stav Korach, MA

The dialogic construction of affective engagement in Speech-and-Language Therapy

Kher Zuabi, MA

Word learning among Arab pre-schoolers: Natural play compared to a digital game

Dana Elhadad (in progress)

Role Emergence on the Interactional Frontstage: The Dialogic Construction of the Parent’s Role in Speech-Language Therapy