The Verbless Clause in Biblical Hebrew : : Linguistic Approaches / / ed. by Cynthia L. Miller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Buth, Randall,; De Caen, Vincent,; Dyk, Janet W.,; Gross, Walter,; Lowery, Kirk E.,; Miller, Cynthia L.,; Muraoka, Takamitsu,; Niccacci, Alviero,; Regt, Lénart J. de,; Revell, E. J.,; Sinclair, Cameron,; Talstra, Eep,; Wolde, Ellen van,
• HerausgeberIn: Miller, Cynthia L.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Thirty years after seminal studies by Francis I. Andersen and Jacob Hoftijzer, members of the 1996 SBL section on Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew gathered to reconsider the topic of the verbless clause in Hebrew. The results are published here, demonstrating the gains made in the interim and providing direction for future research.Contents: Cynthia L. Miller, "Pivotal Issues in Analyzing the Verbless Clause"; Walter Gross, "Is There Really a Compound Nominal Clause in Biblical Hebrew"; Cameron Sinclair, "Are Nominal Clauses a Distinct Clausal Type?"; Randall Buth, "Word Order in the Verbless Clause: A Generative-Functional Approach"; Vincent DeCaen, "A Unified Analysis of Verbal and Verbless Clauses within Government-Binding Theory"; J. W. Dyk and E. Talstra, "Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Features in Identifying Subject and Predicate in Nominal Clauses"; Takamitsu Muraoka, "The Tripartite Nominal Clause Revisited"; Alviero Niccacci, "Types and Functions of the Nominal Sentence"; Kirk E. Lowery, "Relative Definiteness and the Verbless Clause"; Lenart J. de Regt, "Macrosyntactic Functions of Nominal Clauses Referring to Participants"; E. J. Revell, "Thematic Continuity and the Conditioning of Word Order in Verbless Clauses"; Ellen van Wolde, "The Verbless Clause and Its Textual Function

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations of Terms and Phrases -- Abbreviations of Journals and Series -- Preface -- Basic Issues -- Pivotal Issues in Analyzing the Verbless Clause -- Is There Really a Compound Nominal Clause in Biblical Hebrew? -- Are Nominal Clauses a Distinct Clausal Type? -- Syntactic Approaches -- Word Order in the Verbless Clause: A Generative-Functional Approach -- A Unified Analysis of Verbal and Verbless Clauses within Government-Binding Theory -- Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Features in Identifying Subject and Predicate in Nominal Clauses -- The Tripartite Nominal Clause Revisited -- Types and Functions of the Nominal Sentence -- Semantic and Pragmatic Approaches -- Relative Definiteness and the Verbless Clause -- Macrosyntactic Functions of Nominal Clauses Referring to Participants -- Thematic Continuity and the Conditioning of Word Order in Verbless Clauses -- The Verbless Clause and Its Textual Function -- Index of Topics -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture