Overview

This volume provides a critical overview of research in tense, aspect and modality, as well as in the semantics of the verbal system in biblical Hebrew. The author suggests a new approach for analyzing the biblical Hebrew verb system, showing it to be tenseless. The overall approach adopted in the book is basically of truth conditional semantics and adheres closely to Kamp's DRT (Discoure Representation Theory). For each phenomenon covered, the relevant literature is surveyed and critically discussed with reference to English and, when relevant, to other languages. The conclusions arrived at are then applied to biblical Hebrew.

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Author:   Galia Hatav (University of Florida, Gainesville)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   34
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9789027230379

ISBN 10:   9027230374
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. 1. Introduction - Temporality in Language; 3. 1.1 Tense and Aspect; 4. 1.2 The Verbal System in Biblical Hebrew; 5. Notes; 6. 2. Sequence; 7. 2.1 Definition of Sequence; 8. 2.2 The Sequence Aspect in Biblical Hebrew; 9. Notes; 10. 3. Inclusion: The Progressive Aspect; 11. 3.1 Definition of the Progressive Aspect; 12. 3.2 Inclusion in Biblical Hebrew; 13. Notes; 14. 4. Modality; 15. 4.1 Necessity and Possibility; 16. 4.2 Modality in Biblical Hebrew; 17. 4.3 Conclusion; 18. Notes; 19. 5. The Perfect Aspect: Simultaneity, Anteriority & Backgrounding; 20. 5.1 Definition of Perfect; 21. 5.2 The Perfect Aspect in Biblical Hebrew; 22. Notes; 23. 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research; 24. References; 25. Name Index; 26. Subject Index

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