Topic, Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives
- England Sheffield Academic Press Ltd 1999
- 286p
- Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series ; 199900ENGGPS2 .
includes index and biblioraphy
Chapter 1 LANGUAGE, DISCOURSE AND NARRATIVE: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK Chapter 2 LONGACRE`S TEXT-LINGUISTIC MODEL:DESCRIPTION AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL Chapter 3 TOPICALITY AND TOPICAL ENTITIES:AN ANALYSIS OF GENESIS 22 Chapter 4 DISCOURSE REFERENTS AND TOPICALITY Chapter 5 FOCUS IN DIRECT SPEECH CLAUSES AND FOCUS IN THE NARRATIVE VERBAL CLAUSES Chapter 6 ASPECTS OF FOREGROUNDING IN NARRATIVE DISCOURSE