Expect the Unexpected: Aspects of Pragmatic Foregrounding in Old Testament Narratives Contributor(s): Cotrozzi, Stefano (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 056768833X ISBN-13: 9780567688330 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
Dewey: 221.66 |
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.96 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This monograph on biblical linguistics is a highly specialized, pragmatic investigation of the controversial question of foregrounding-the deviation from some norm or convention-in 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 interpretation. Cotrozzi critiques the particular evaluative device known as the historic present, a narrative strategy that employs the present tense to describe past event. He tests two main theories that support this device by using a cross-linguistic model of the historical present drawing upon a variety of languages. Cotrozzi ultimately refutes these theories with a thorough examination and detailed refutation. He concludes with a study of a particular Hebraic verb as a particular marker of represented perception, a technique whereby the character's perceptions are expressed directly from its point of view. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cotrozzi, Stefano: - Stefano Cotrozzi is Exegetical Advisor with the Institute for Bible Translation in Moscow, RussiaMein, Andrew: - Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Camp, Claudia V.: - Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles. |