You might also like

More about Topic, Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 713 loyalty points

Book 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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Topic, Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives
• Author: Jean-Marc Heimerdinger
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781841270142
• ISBN: 1841270148
• ID: 04850524
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 300 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. August 1999

Trending among others

---

---

---