Topic, focus and foreground in ancient Hebrew narratives /
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Author / Creator: | Heimerdinger, Jean-Marc. |
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Imprint: | Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999. |
Description: | 1 online resource (286 pages). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 295 Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 295. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11183518 |
Summary: | 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 showing how foregrounding is achieved by exploiting cognitive structures or by using specific evaluative devices. |
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Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Reading University). |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (286 pages). |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780567057945 0567057941 9781841270142 1841270148 |