Discourse Grammar Of the Greek New Testament

by Runge, Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9781598565836
• ISBN10: 1598565834
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-30
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub

Summary

Introducing a function-based approach to linguistics, Runge explores New Testament Greek grammatical conventions by focusing on the communication tasks they accomplish. His study of the ways in which words are used in texts and contexts has less to do with the specifics of speech and more to do with how humans are wired to process it. Therefore, Runge looks at how all languages operate before focusing on Greek. This examination of linguistics in general simplifies the analytical process, and explains how and why we communicate as we do. Readers will learn that discourse analysis necessarily compliments today's formal approaches to linguistics, as they are simultaneously led to a more accurate description of biblical text. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Steven E. Runge (DLITT) serves as Scholar-in-Residence for Logos Bible Software, and as a Research Associate for the Department of Ancient Studies University of Stellenbosch. He is the General Editor of the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament.

Table of Contents

Credits	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. vii
Foundations
Introduction	p. 3
Choice Implies Meaning	p. 5
Semantic Meaning versus Pragmatic Effect	p. 7
Default versus Marked Framework	p. 10
Prominence and Contrast	p. 13
Prominence	p. 13
Contrast	p. 15
Suggested Reading	p. 16
Connecting Propositions	p. 17
Asyndeton (Ø)	p. 20
K¿i	p. 23
¿$$$	p. 28
Introduction to Development Markers	p. 28
Function of ¿$$$	p. 31
Narrative Tó¿¿	p. 37
O$$$v	p. 43
¿¿$$$ To$$$¿o	p. 48
¿$$$¿	p. 51
M$$$v	p. 54
'A¿¿$$$	p. 55
Suggested Reading	p. 57
Forward-Pointing Devices
Forward-Pointing Reference and Target	p. 61
Conventional Explanation	p. 62
Discourse Explanation	p. 63
Application	p. 64
Forward-Pointing Interrogatives	p. 64
Forward-Pointing Demonstratives	p. 66
Forward-Pointing Adverbs	p. 68
Summary	p. 70
Suggested Reading	p. 71
Point/Counterpoint Sets	p. 73
The Use of M$$$v	p. 74
Conventional Explanation	p. 74
Discourse Explanation	p. 75
Application	p. 76
The Use of Exception or Restriction	p. 83
Conventional Explanation	p. 84
Discourse Explanation	p. 85
Application	p. 86
The Use of 'A¿¿$$$ to Correct or Replace	p. 92
Conventional Explanation	p. 92
Discourse Explanation	p. 93
Application	p. 93
Suggested Reading	p. 100
Metacomments	p. 101
Conventional Explanation	p. 102
Discourse Explanation	p. 105
Application	p. 107
Forward-Pointing Devices Associated with Metacomments	p. 117
Redundant Vocatives as Forward-Pointing Devices	p. 117
Attention-Getters as Forward-Pointing Devices	p. 122
Summary	p. 124
Suggested Reading	p. 124
Historical Present	p. 125
Conventional Explanation	p. 125
Discourse Explanation	p. 128
Application	p. 134
Discourse-Processing and Segmentation	p. 134
Discourse-Pragmatic Function/Prominence Marking	p. 137
Suggested Reading	p. 142
Redundant Quotative Frames	p. 145
Conventional Explanation	p. 145
Discourse Explanation	p. 148
At Changes in Speaker and Hearer	p. 149
Within the Same Speaker's Speech	p. 151
Application	p. 152
At Changes in Speaker and Hearer	p. 152
Within the Same Speaker's Speech	p. 157
Suggested Reading	p. 162
Tail-Head Linkage	p. 163
Conventional Explanation	p. 164
Discourse Explanation	p. 166
Application	p. 167
Suggested Reading	p. 177
Information Structuring Devices
Information Structure	p. 181
Conventional Explanation	p. 182
Discourse Explanation	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
Information Structure	p. 185
Mental Representations	p. 186
Natural Information Flow	p. 187
Violating Natural Information Flow and Prominence	p. 189
Position P2: Emphasis	p. 192
Position P1: Frames of Reference	p. 193
Application to English	p. 195
Information Structure Methodologies and the Broader Field of Linguistics	p. 200
Suggested Reading	p. 205
Framing Devices (1)	p. 207
Topical Frames	p. 210
Temporal Frames	p. 216
Spatial Frames	p. 220
Summary	p. 224
Framing Devices (2)	p. 227
Conditional Frames	p. 227
Comparative Frames	p. 233
Reason/Result Frames	p. 237
Summary	p. 241
Circumstantial Frames	p. 243
Conventional Explanation	p. 245
Discourse Explanation	p. 249
Application	p. 250
Nominative Circumstantial Frames	p. 250
Genitive Circumstantial Frames	p. 255
Dative and Accusative Circumstantial Frames	p. 261
Adverbial Participles Following the Main Verb	p. 262
Suggested Reading	p. 268
Emphasis	p. 269
Conventional Explanation	p. 269
Discourse Explanation	p. 271
Application	p. 273
Summary	p. 284
Suggested Reading	p. 285
Left-Dislocations	p. 287
Conventional Explanation	p. 287
Linguistic Explanation	p. 288
Application	p. 293
Streamlining the Introduction of New Participants	p. 293
Processing Function	p. 297
Discourse-Pragmatic Function	p. 302
Summary	p. 312
Suggested Reading	p. 312
Thematic Highlighting Devices
Overspecification and Right-Dislocation	p. 317
Conventional Explanation	p. 317
Discourse Explanation	p. 321
Thematic Highlighting	p. 322
Recharacterization	p. 324
Point-of-View Shifts	p. 325
Application	p. 326
Summary	p. 335
Suggested Reading	p. 335
Thematic Addition	p. 337
Conventional Explanation	p. 338
Discourse Explanation	p. 339
Application	p. 342
Suggested Reading	p. 348
Changed Reference and Thematic Address	p. 349
Conventional Explanation	p. 349
Discourse Explanation	p. 354
Application	p. 354
Summary	p. 363
Suggested Reading	p. 363
Near/Far Distinction	p. 365
Conventional Explanation	p. 365
Discourse Explanation	p. 368
Application	p. 374
Suggested Reading	p. 384
Summary	p. 385
Bibliography	p. 393
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