Radical Frame Semantics and Biblical Hebrew

Radical Frame Semantics and Biblical Hebrew
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 9789004222182
ISBN-13 : 9004222189
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Book Synopsis Radical Frame Semantics and Biblical Hebrew by : Stephen Shead

Download or read book Radical Frame Semantics and Biblical Hebrew written by Stephen Shead and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since James Barr’s work in the 1960s, the challenge for Hebrew scholars has been to continue to apply the insights of linguistic semantics to the study of biblical Hebrew. This book begins by describing a range of approaches to semantic and grammatical analysis, including structural semantics, cognitive linguistics and cognitive metaphors, frame semantics, and William Croft’s Radical Construction Grammar. It then seeks to integrate these, formulating a dynamic approach to lexical semantic analysis based on conceptual frames, using corpus annotation. The model is applied to biblical Hebrew in a detailed study of a family of words related to “exploring,” “searching,” and “seeking.” The results demonstrate the value and potential of cognitive, frame-based approaches to biblical Hebrew lexicology.


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