Topic, Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives - Couverture rigide

Heimerdinger, Jean-Marc

 
9781841270142: Topic, Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1841270148 ISBN 13 : 9781841270142
Editeur : Sheffield Academic Press, 1999

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Jean-Marc Heimerdinger is a lecturer in Hebrew and Judaism at London Bible College (Associated College of Brunel University), Northwood, Middlesex.

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Éditeur
Sheffield Academic Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1841270148
ISBN 13 
9781841270142
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
290
Coordonnées du fabricant
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