Marking thought and talk in New Testament Greek : new light from linguistics on the particles [ʻína] and [ʻóti] /

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Author / Creator:Sim, Margaret G.
Imprint:Eugene : Pickwick Publications, c2010.
Description:xviii, 226 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8366906
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ISBN:1610970896
9781610970891
Notes:Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2006 under the title A relevance theoretic approach to the particle ʻína in Koine Greek.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Background to Study
  • 1.2. Problem to be Addressed
  • 1.3. Review of Scholarly Opinion
  • 1.3.1. Classical Greek - Grammars
  • 1.3.2. Koine Greek
  • 1.3.2.1. Traditional Grammars
  • 1.3.2.2. Particular Proposals for the use of $$$¿¿
  • 1.3.2.3. Analysis Presented by Greek Grammarians
  • 1.4. Corpus
  • 1.5. Theoretical Basis for Book
  • 1.6. Arrangement of Chapters
  • 1.7. Summary
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical Basis for Study
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Relevance Theory
  • 2.2.1. General Background
  • 2.2.2. Delineation of Theory
  • 2.2.2.1. Inferences
  • 2.2.2.2. How Inferences are said to be drawn
  • 2.2.2.3. Conditions for Successful Communication
  • 2.2.2.4. Underdeterminacy
  • 2.2.2.4.1. Shared Contextual Assumptions
  • 2.2.2.4.2. Underdeterminacy in Participles
  • 2.2.2.4.3. Underdeterminacy in Particles
  • 2.2.2.5. Metarepresentation
  • 2.2.2.6. Procedural Makers
  • 2.2.2.7. Ostensive Behaviour
  • 2.3. Purpose or Intention in Koine
  • 2.4. Summary
  • Chapter 3. Independent Clauses Introduced by $$$¿¿
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Use of $$$¿¿ to Give an Answer to Question
  • 3.3. Question and Answer by the Same Speaker
  • 3.3.1. Examples from Polybius and Epictetus
  • 3.3.2. New Testament Examples
  • 3.4. Expressing Desire and Intention
  • 3.4.1. Johannine Examples
  • 3.4.2. Examples from Orators and Rhetoricians
  • 3.4.2.1. Demosthenes
  • 3.4.2.2. Dionysius of Halicarnassus
  • 3.4.3. Examples from Septuagint and Non-Literary Papyri
  • 3.4.3.1. Septuagint
  • 3.4.3.2. Examples from Papyri
  • 3.4.4. Examples from the Epistles
  • 3.5. Introducing a Quotation from the Old Testament
  • 3.6. Indicating Speaker's Interpretation
  • 3.7. Reporting the Thoughts or Speech of Others
  • 3.8. Summary
  • Chapter 4. Requests, Commands, Prayers Introduced by $$$¿¿
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Authorial Choice
  • Table 1.
  • 4.3. Synoptic Examples in Indirect Commands
  • 4.3.1. Healing of Jairus' Daughter
  • 4.3.1.1. Matthew 9:18
  • 4.3.1.2. Mark 5:23
  • 4.3.1.3. Luke 8:41, 42
  • 4.3.1.4. Conclusion
  • 4.3.2. The Healing of a Boy with a Demon
  • 4.3.2.1. Matthew 17:15, 16
  • 4.3.2.2. Mark 9:17, 18
  • 4.3.2.3. Luke 9:38, 40
  • 4.3.2.4. Conclusion
  • 4.3.3. The Healing of the Demon Possessed Man
  • 4.3.3.1. Matthew 8:34
  • 4.3.3.2. Mark 5:17
  • 4.3.3.3. Luke 8:37
  • 4.3.3.4. Conclusion
  • 4.3.4. Authorial Choice in Same Context
  • 4.4. Examples from Literary Koine
  • 4.4.1. Examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus
  • 4.4.2. Examples from Polybius
  • 4.4.3. Examples from Epictetus
  • 4.5. Summary
  • Chapter 5. Noun Clauses Introduced by $$$¿¿
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Review of Metarepresentation
  • 5.3. Explication of a Noun, Adjective or Demonstrative
  • 5.3.1. Adjectives in Stative Clauses
  • 5.3.1.1. New Testament Examples
  • 5.3.1.2. Examples from the Discourses of Epictetus
  • 5.3.2. Nouns and Demonstratives in Stative Clauses
  • 5.3.3. Nouns in Non-Stative Clauses Complemented by $$$¿¿ Clauses
  • 5.3.3.1. New Testament Examples
  • 5.3.3.2. Examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus
  • 5.4. Noun Clauses with Impersonal Verbs
  • 5.5. Noun Clauses which Function as Object of Main Verb
  • 5.5.1. Examples from the New Testament
  • 5.5.2. Examples from Epictetus
  • 5.6. Prophetic Utterance Introduced by $$$¿¿
  • 5.7. Summary
  • Chapter 6. Purpose Clauses Introduced by $$$¿¿
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Purpose as Indicating Intention, and Beyond
  • 6.2.1. The Role of Context in Interpreting $$$¿¿
  • 6.2.2. Purpose Attributed
  • 6.2.2.1. Author's Acknowledged Attribution of Intent
  • 6.2.2.2. Representation of Intention of Subject
  • 6.2.2.3. Purpose from Observable Behaviour
  • 6.2.2.4. Interpretation of Behaviour Patterns
  • 6.2.2.5. Attribution of Intention Without Evidence
  • 6.3. Other Ways of Expressing Purpose
  • 6.4. Disputed Purpose Clauses
  • 6.5. Summary
  • Chapter 7. Investigating $$$¿¿
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Classical Greek
  • 7.2.1. Direct Speech
  • 7.2.2. Indirect Speech
  • 7.2.3. Causal Clauses
  • 7.3. Koine Greek
  • 7.3.1. Direct Speech
  • 7.3.2. Indirect Speech
  • 7.3.2.1. Examples from Epictetus and Polybius
  • 7.3.2.2. Examples from the New Testament
  • 7.3.3. Causal Clauses
  • 7.3.3.1. Examples from Epictetus and Polybius
  • 7.3.3.2. Examples from New Testament
  • 7.4. Summary
  • Chapter 8. Diachronic Use of $$$¿¿
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Classical Greek 500-300 BCE
  • Table 2.
  • 8.3. Hellenistic Greek 300-150 BCE
  • 8.4. Graeco-Roman 150 BCE to 300 CE
  • 8.4.1. Separation of Registers
  • 8.4.1.1. High Level of Language: Dionysius and Luke-Acts
  • 8.4.1.2. More Colloquial: Epictetus and Paul
  • 8.4.2. Trends in Hellenistic Becoming More Marked
  • 8.4.3. General Linguistic Changes
  • 8.4.3.1. Phonetic Changes
  • 8.4.3.2. Syntactic Changes
  • 8.4.4. Language of the New Testament
  • Table 3.
  • 8.4.5. Explanations Advanced for Use of $$$¿¿ in New Testament
  • 8.5. Modern Greek
  • 8.6. Summary
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. A Relevance Theoretic Approach to $$$¿¿
  • 9.2.1. A Lexical Meaning for $$$¿¿?
  • 9.2.2. Taxonomic Approach to $$$¿¿
  • 9.2.3. The Combination of $$$¿¿ and a Subjunctive Verb
  • 9.2.4. Diachronic Change in the Use and Frequency of $$$¿¿
  • 9.2.5. Interpretation of $$$¿¿ Clauses
  • 9.3. Implications of Hypothesis
  • 9.3.1. Implications for Interpretation
  • 9.3.1.1. The Combination of $$$¿¿ and ¿¿¿¿$$$
  • 9.3.1.2. 'Imperatival' $$$¿¿
  • 9.3.1.3. $$$¿¿ with a Following $$$¿¿ Clause
  • 9.3.1.4. Causal $$$¿¿
  • 9.3.1.5. $$$¿¿ Introducing 'Result' Clauses
  • 9.3.2. Implications for Teaching New Testament Greek
  • 9.4. Concluding Comments and Future Research
  • Bibliography
  • Scripture and Ancient Sources Index
  • Author Index