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The Verb and the Paragraph in Biblical Hebrew: A Cognitive-Linguistic Approach

By Elizabeth Robar

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2014
ISBN
9004283013, 9789004283015
ISSN
0081-8461
Google Books ID
SIzPBAAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3469859 bytes)
Series
Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 78
Pages
xii+220\233
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-08-05 23:33:12
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Description

In The Verb and the Paragraph in Biblical Hebrew, Elizabeth Robar employs cognitive linguistics to unravel the notorious grammatical quandary in biblical Hebrew: explaining the waw consecutive, as well as other poorly understood verbal forms (e.g. with paragogic suffixes). She explains that languages must communicate the shape of thought units: including the prototypical paragraph, with its beginning, middle and ending; and its message. She demonstrates how the waw consecutive is both simpler and more nuanced than often argued. It neither foregrounds nor is a preterite, but it enables highly embedded textual structures. She also shows how allegedly anomalous forms may be used for thematic purposes, guiding the reader to the author’s intended interpretation for the text as it stands.

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