Introduces Greek students to the field of linguistics and shows how its findings can increase their understanding of the New Testament.

David Alan Black (D.Theol., University of Basel) is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and New Testament editor of the International Standard Version of the Bible.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introducing Linguistics: The Landscape and the Quest	p. 1
Why Study Linguistics?	p. 1
What Is a Linguist?	p. 4
What Is Linguistics?	p. 5
How Do Linguists Go About Their Work?	p. 5
How Does Linguistics Differ from Traditional Grammar?	p. 12
How Do Linguists Characterize Language?	p. 15
How Is Linguistics Related to Other Fields?	p. 18
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 22
Phonology: The Sounds of Greek	p. 23
Language as Sound	p. 23
The Speech Process	p. 24
Phonetics: How Sounds Are Made	p. 25
Phonemics: Sounds as System	p. 40
Common Phonological Processes in Greek	p. 42
Why Study Phonology?	p. 51
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 52
Morphology: The Anatomy of Greek Words	p. 53
The Concept of the Morpheme	p. 53
The Greek Morphological System	p. 58
Why Study Morphology?	p. 91
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 94
Syntax: The Architecture of the Greek Sentence	p. 96
Structure and Content Words	p. 97
Immediate Constituent Analysis	p. 100
Greek Sentence Patterns	p. 102
Expanding the Greek Sentence	p. 106
Transformations	p. 114
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 118
Semantics: Determining Meaning	p. 120
Etymology	p. 121
Word and Concept	p. 123
General and Secondary Meanings	p. 124
Synonyms, Hyponyms, and Opposites	p. 125
Semantic Classes	p. 128
Ambiguity	p. 129
Denotation and Connotation	p. 130
Idioms	p. 131
Rhetorical Language	p. 132
Semantic Change	p. 136
Analyzing Discourse	p. 138
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 141
Historical and Comparative Linguistics: The Biography of Greek	p. 143
The Indo-European Family of Languages	p. 144
The Story of Greek	p. 149
Major Characteristics of Koine Greek	p. 156
English and Greek	p. 162
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 168
Discourse Analysis: Getting the Big Picture	p. 170
Exemplar: The Discourse Structure of Philippians	p. 172
The Primary Text-Sequences of Philippians	p. 173
The Primary Sub-Sequences of Philippians	p. 176
Summary: The Discourse Structure of Philippians	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 196
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 197
Postscript	p. 199
Subject Index	p. 203
Scripture Index	p. 213
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