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Author Cotrozzi, Stefano, 1956-

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

Publication Info. New York : T & T Clark International, [2010]
©2010
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 510
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 510.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and indexes.
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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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, Narrative.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style.
Language and languages -- Style.
Foregrounding.
Foregrounding.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cotrozzi, Stefano, 1956- Expect the unexpected. New York : T & T Clark International, ©2010 9780567568380 (DLC) 2009004450 (OCoLC)302414615
ISBN 9780567574817 (electronic book)
0567574814 (electronic book)
9780567568380
0567568385

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