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The verb and the paragraph in biblical Hebrew : a cognitive-linguistic approach / by Elizabeth Robar

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Robar, Elizabeth
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2015
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x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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Machine generated contents note: 1.A Foundation in Cognitive Linguistics -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Cognitive Organization: Coherence and Prominence -- 1.2.1.The Search for Coherence: Gestalt Psychology -- 1.2.1.1.Gestalt Effect -- 1.2.1.2.Zeigarnik Effect -- 1.2.1.3.Figure and Ground -- 1.2.2.The Location of Prominence: Consciousness -- 1.2.2.1.Active Consciousness -- 1.2.2.2.Semi-Active Consciousness -- 1.2.2.3.Inactive Consciousness -- 1.2.2.4.Memory -- 1.2.3.Determining Prominence: Attention -- 1.2.3.1.Alertness -- 1.2.3.2.Orientation -- 1.2.3.3.Detection -- 1.2.3.4.Attention and Consciousness -- 1.2.4.Managing Prominence: Chunking -- 1.2.4.1.Consolidation -- 1.2.4.2.Entrenchment -- 1.2.4.3.Schemas -- 1.2.4.4.Coherence -- 1.2.5.Summary -- 1.3.Mapping Cognition to Language -- 1.3.1.Active Consciousness: The Clause -- 1.3.2.Attentional Detection at Beginning: Topic -- 1.3.2.1.Literature on Topic -- 1.3.2.2.Topic as Conceptual Starting Point -- 1.3.3.Attentional Detection at End: Focus -- 1.3.3.1.Literature on Focus -- 1.3.3.2.Focus as Conceptual Endpoint -- 1.3.4.Semi-Active Consciousness: The Paragraph -- 1.4.Linguistic Organization: Coherence and Prominence in Discourse -- 1.4.1.Discourse Units -- 1.4.1.1.Mental Space and Discourse Space -- 1.4.1.2.Schematic Steps -- 1.4.1.3.Written Language -- 1.4.2.Delimiting Units -- 1.4.2.1.Indicating Discontinuity -- 1.4.2.2.Themes and Genres -- 1.4.2.3.Indicating Continuity -- 1.4.3.Integrating Units -- 1.4.3.1.Theme Definition: Point of Conceptual Integration -- 1.4.3.2.Theme Construction -- 1.5.Linguistic Encoding: Coherence vs. Prominence -- 1.5.1.Winning Motivation: Markedness -- 1.5.1.1.Binary Oppositions -- 1.5.1.2.Determining Markedness -- 1.5.1.3.Purpose: Economy -- 1.5.1.4.Markedness Shift and Reversal -- 1.5.2.Changing Motivation: Grammaticalization -- 1.5.2.1.Subjectification -- 1.5.2.2.Universal Paths of Evolution -- 1.6.Prominence -- 2.Schematic Continuity -- 2.1.The Paragraph in Biblical Hebrew: Background -- 2.1.1.Formed by Chains -- 2.1.2.Split into Foreground and Background -- 2.1.2.1.Foreground of the Foreground -- 2.1.3.Split by Discourse Types (Narrative/Speech) or Text Types -- 2.1.4.Reflection of a Cognitive Unit -- 2.1.4.1.Schematic Steps -- 2.1.4.2.Schematic Continuity -- 2.1.5.Marked Partly Formally, Partly Conceptually -- 2.2.Wayyiqtol -- 2.2.1.Comparative-Historical Scholarship -- 2.2.1.1.Morphology -- 2.2.1.2.Semantics -- 2.2.2.Alternative Frameworks: Typology and Grammaticalization -- 2.2.2.1.Semitic Verbal Evolution and Grammaticalization -- 2.2.3.The Motivation for Grammaticalization -- 2.2.3.1.Syntactic Restrictions -- 2.2.3.2.Another Typological Parallel: Consecutive Forms -- 2.2.3.3.Semantics and Pragmatics of Consecutive Forms -- 2.2.4.Schematic Continuity: Examples -- 2.2.4.1.Schematic Continuity in Narrative -- 2.2.4.2.Schematic Continuity in Poetry -- 2.2.4.3.Schematic Continuity in Translation -- 2.2.4.4.Schematic Continuity and Discontinuity -- 2.2.4.5.Schematic Continuity and Markedness -- 2.3.Wqatal -- 2.3.1.Scholarship -- 2.3.1.1.Modal/Future in Conditional Apodoses -- 2.3.1.2.Analogy with wayyiqtol -- 2.3.1.3.Atypical Uses -- 2.3.2.Syntax and Semantics -- 2.3.2.1.Continuing Verbal Semantics -- 2.3.2.2.Initiating Verbal Semantics -- 2.3.2.3.Initiating Purpose/Result Modality -- 2.3.2.4.Clause-Medial Position -- 2.3.3.Compared to wayyiqtol -- 2.3.4.Conclusion -- 2.4.Wyiqtol -- 2.4.1.Semantics and Syntax -- 2.4.1.1.Following yiqtol (Same Reference) -- 2.4.1.2.Following Jussive/Cohortative (Same Reference) -- 2.4.1.3.Switch Reference -- 2.4.1.4.Parallel Reference -- 2.4.2.Compared to wqatal and Other Forms -- 2.4.3.Summary -- 2.5.Poetry: Psalm 18 -- 2.6.Conclusion -- 3.Schematic Discontinuity -- 3.1.On Discontinuity -- 3.1.1.Text Typologies -- 3.1.2.Foreground/Background -- 3.1.3.Theme -- 3.2.Familiar Forms with Unexpected Functions -- 3.2.1.W+qatal as a Past Perfective -- 3.2.2.Alternative Interpretations -- 3.2.3.Summary -- 3.3.Unexpected Forms: Paragogics -- 3.3.1.Distribution of Paragogic Suffixes -- 3.3.2.Scholarship -- 3.3.2.1.Paragogic nun (yiqtol) -- 3.3.2.2.Paragogic he (wayyiqtol and imperative) -- 3.3.3.Proposed Categories -- 3.3.3.1.Ventive -- 3.3.3.2.Directive/Andative -- 3.3.3.3.Aspectual (Imperfective) -- 3.3.3.4.Modal -- 3.3.3.5.Topic-Shift Markers -- 3.3.3.6.Thematic Marker -- 3.3.4.Examples of Thematic Markers -- 3.3.4.1.Genesis 3:1-7 -- 3.3.4.2.Deuteronomy 1 -- 3.3.4.3.Genesis 18 -- 3.3.4.4.Samuel-Kings -- 3.3.4.5.Job -- 3.3.4.6.Summary -- 3.3.5.Grammaticalization -- 3.3.5.1.`Come' > Ventive, Future -- 3.3.5.2.Ventive > Dative -- 3.3.5.3.Structuring Discourse -- 3.3.5.4.Prominence -- 3.3.5.5.Early Grammaticalization -- 3.3.5.6.Summary -- 3.3.6.Conclusion -- 4.Conclusion -- 4.1.Discourse Patterns and Functions for Continuity -- 4.2.Discourse Patterns for Thematicity (Discontinuity) -- 4.3.Continuity and Discontinuity Illustrated: 1 Sam. 1:1--7 -- 4.4.Possible Implications for Semitic Studies.
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9004283013 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004283015 (hardback : alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-212) and indexes.
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