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Topic, focus and foreground in ancient Hebrew narratives /
This study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The various possible forms that a narrative clause can take are classified in terms of their 'topic-comment�...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, Eng. :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
295. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The various possible forms that a narrative clause can take are classified in terms of their 'topic-comment' and 'focus-presupposition', and it is argued that the way in which these are articulated dictates the word order in the clause. The outcome of the study demonstrates that the traditional binary distinction between foreground and background, based purely on verb forms, is inadequate. A new model is offered. |
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| Notas: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Reading University). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567057945 0567057941 1281841455 9781281841452 9786611841454 6611841458 |