Expect the unexpected : aspects of pragmatic foregrounding in Old Testament narratives / Stefano Cotrozzi.

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Cotrozzi, Stefano, 1956-

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TextLanguage: English, Hebrew Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 510. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: New York : T & T Clark International, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780567574817
0567574814

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Expect the unexpected.DDC classification:

221.6/6 22

LOC classification:

BS1182.3 .C68 2010eb

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Contents:

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE CONCEPT OF FOREGROUNDING; Chapter 2 A SHORT HISTORY OF PRAGMATIC FOREGROUNDING; Chapter 3 SCHEMA THEORY; Chapter 4 SCHEMATA AND FOREGROUNDING IN OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVES; Chapter 5 EVALUATION IN NARRATIVE; Chapter 6 EVALUATION IN OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVES; Chapter 7 THE HISTORIC PRESENT: A CROSS-LINGUISTIC SURVEY; Chapter 8 YIQTOL AS THE HISTORIC PRESENT IN BIBLICAL HEBREW; Chapter 9 QOTEL AS THE HISTORIC PRESENT IN BIBLICAL HEBREW; Chapter 10 W[sup(E)]HINNEH + NP + X AS REPRESENTED PERCEPTION IN BIBLICAL HEBREW.

Summary: This monograph on biblical linguistics is a highly specialized, pragmatic investigation of the controversial question of ""foregrounding""the deviation from some norm or conventionin Old Testament narratives. The author presents and examines the two main sources of pragmatic foregrounding: events or states deviating from well-established schemata, structures of reader expectation that can be manipulated by the narrator to highlight specific ""chunks"" of discourse; and evaluative devices, which are used by the narrator to indicate to the reader the point of the story and direct its interpret.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and indexes.

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This monograph on biblical linguistics is a highly specialized, pragmatic investigation of the controversial question of ""foregrounding""the deviation from some norm or conventionin Old Testament narratives. The author presents and examines the two main sources of pragmatic foregrounding: events or states deviating from well-established schemata, structures of reader expectation that can be manipulated by the narrator to highlight specific ""chunks"" of discourse; and evaluative devices, which are used by the narrator to indicate to the reader the point of the story and direct its interpret.

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