The verb and the paragraph in biblical Hebrew: a cognitive-linguistic approach
In this book, Elizabeth Robar demonstrates how biblical Hebrew verbal patterns can reveal paragraph structure and themes.
| Summary: | In this book, Elizabeth Robar demonstrates how biblical Hebrew verbal patterns can reveal paragraph structure and themes. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Figures -- Chapter 1 A Foundation in Cognitive Linguistics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Cognitive Organization: Coherence and Prominence -- 1.2.1 The Search for Coherence: Gestalt Psychology -- 1.2.1.1 Gestalt Effect -- 1.2.1.2 Zeigarnik Effect -- 1.2.1.3 Figure and Ground -- 1.2.2 The Location of Prominence: Consciousness -- 1.2.2.1 Active Consciousness -- 1.2.2.2 Semi-Active Consciousness -- 1.2.2.3 Inactive Consciousness -- 1.2.2.4 Memory -- 1.2.3 Determining Prominence: Attention -- 1.2.3.1 Alertness -- 1.2.3.2 Orientation -- 1.2.3.3 Detection -- 1.2.3.4 Attention and Consciousness -- 1.2.4 Managing Prominence: Chunking -- 1.2.4.1 Consolidation -- 1.2.4.2 Entrenchment -- 1.2.4.3 Schemas -- 1.2.4.4 Coherence -- 1.2.5 Summary -- 1.3 Mapping Cognition to Language -- 1.3.1 Active Consciousness: The Clause -- 1.3.2 Attentional Detection at Beginning: Topic -- 1.3.2.1 Literature on Topic -- 1.3.2.2 Topic as Conceptual Starting Point -- 1.3.3 Attentional Detection at End: Focus -- 1.3.3.1 Literature on Focus -- 1.3.3.2 Focus as Conceptual Endpoint -- 1.3.4 Semi-Active Consciousness: The Paragraph -- 1.4 Linguistic Organization: Coherence and Prominence in Discourse -- 1.4.1 Discourse Units -- 1.4.1.1 Mental Space and Discourse Space -- 1.4.1.2 Schematic Steps -- 1.4.1.3 Written Language -- 1.4.2 Delimiting Units -- 1.4.2.1 Indicating Discontinuity -- 1.4.2.2 Themes and Genres -- 1.4.2.3 Indicating Continuity -- 1.4.3 Integrating Units -- 1.4.3.1 Theme Definition: Point of Conceptual Integration -- 1.4.3.2 Theme Construction -- 1.5 Linguistic Encoding: Coherence vs. Prominence -- 1.5.1 Winning Motivation: Markedness -- 1.5.1.1 Binary Oppositions -- 1.5.1.2 Determining Markedness -- 1.5.1.3 Purpose: Economy -- 1.5.1.4 Markedness Shift and Reversal -- 1.5.2 Changing Motivation: Grammaticalization. |
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| ISBN: | 9004283110 |