The Semantics of Aspect and Modality : Evidence from English and Biblical Hebrew.

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"The semantics of aspect and modality" will be of interest both to linguists working on temporality, as a general phenomenon in language, and Hebraists investigating the semantics of the verbal forms in biblical Hebrew. Tense, aspect and modality are among the most challenging discussed ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hatav, Galia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1997.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 34.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Language, style.
Bible. > Old Testament
Hebrew language > Tense.
Hebrew language > Modality.
English language > Tense.
English language > Modality.
Language and languages > Style
English language > Modality
English language > Tense
Hebrew language > Modality
Hebrew language > Tense
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • THE SEMANTICS OF ASPECT AND MODALITY EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH AND BIBLICAL HEBREW
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Temporality in Language
  • 1.1 Tense and Aspect
  • 1.1.1 Reference-Time
  • 1.1.2 Modality
  • 1.2 The Verbal System in Biblical-Hebrew
  • 1.2.1 The Problem
  • 1.2.2 The Corpus
  • 1.2.3 The Biblical Hebrew Verb System and the Temporal Parameters
  • 1.2.4 Method
  • NOTES
  • Chapter 2. Sequence
  • 2.1 Definition of Sequence
  • 2.2 The Sequence Aspect in Biblical-Hebrew
  • 2.2.1 The Sequential Forms.
  • 2.2.2 Formulas, Hyhdiyadums and paraphrases
  • 2.2.3 wayhi: and wha:ya:
  • 2.2.3.1 The Predicative Function of wayhi: and wha:ya:
  • 2.2.3.2 The segmentational function of wayhi: and wha:ya:
  • 2.2.4 The Non-Sequential Forms
  • 2.2.5 The Biblical Hebrew Forms and Tense Interpretation
  • NOTES
  • Chapter 3. Inclusion: The Progressive Aspect
  • 3.1 Definition of The Progressive Aspect
  • 3.1.1 Inclusion and the Narrative Discourse
  • 3.1.2 The Interaction of the Progressive Aspect with the Aktionsarten
  • 3.2 Inclusion in Biblical-Hebrew
  • NOTES
  • Chapter 4. Modality.
  • 4.1 Necessity and Possibility
  • 4.1.1 Epistemic ""must"" and ""may""
  • 4.1.2 Future Statements
  • 4.1.3 Conditionals
  • 4.1.4 Counterfactuals
  • 4.1.5 Generics and Habituais
  • 4.1.6 Deontic Modality
  • 4.1.7 Negation and Interrogatives
  • 4.2 Modality in Biblical Hebrew
  • 4.2.1 The Modal Forms
  • 4.2.2 The Non-Modal Forms
  • 4.3 Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • Chapter 5. The Perfect Aspect: Simultaneity, Anteriority and Backgrounding
  • 5.1 Definition of Perfect
  • 5.1.1 Simultaneity
  • 5.1.2 Anteriority
  • 5.1.3 Backgrounding
  • 5.1.4 Counterfactuals
  • 5.2 The Perfect Aspect in Biblical Hebrew.
  • 5.2.1 Simultaneity in BH
  • 5.2.2 Anteriority in BH
  • 5.2.3 Backgrounding
  • 5.2.4 The Perfect Aspect and Modality
  • 5.2.5 Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • Chapter 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.

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