The vague term "emphasis"

The problem addressed concerns the shortcomings of the undefined, as well as psychologically defined, uses of the term "emphasis" for the descriptionption of word/syntagm order, pendens constructions and some particles in Old Hebrew. In the light of the recent debate in theoretical linguis...

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Main Author: Merwe, Christo H. J. van der 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 1989
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 1989, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 118-132
Further subjects:B Theologically
B Linguistically
B Old Testament
B Words "emphasis" and "focus"
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:The problem addressed concerns the shortcomings of the undefined, as well as psychologically defined, uses of the term "emphasis" for the descriptionption of word/syntagm order, pendens constructions and some particles in Old Hebrew. In the light of the recent debate in theoretical linguistics, the narrower term "focus" is preferred, which term operates on the semantic level and the definition of which provides a verifiable theoretical framework for the descriptionption of the above-mentioned constructions.
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10.10520/AJA10318471_216