Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Stellenbosch University
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics | 2018
Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Biblical Hebrew scholars struggle to account for about one third of instances of fronting in the Hebrew Bible in terms of a coherent semantic-pragmatic model. I hypothesize that considering fronting as a construction (i.e. a form-meaning pair) that could encode various semantic-pragmatic functions, including “exhaustive exclusion”, could be one of the solutions to this challenge.
STELLENBOSCH PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS PLUS | 2016
Alexander Andrason; Josh Westbury; Christo H.J. van der Merwe
CITATION: Andrason, A., Westbury, J. & Van Der Merwe, C. H. J. 2016. Left dislocation : an exploration in linguistic typology. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 50:1-20, doi:10.5842/50-0-714.
Shofar | 2015
Alexander Andrason; Christo H.J. van der Merwe
This paper demonstrates that by using the anterior path as a template, it is possible to order and elucidate a dominant portion of the semantic domain of the Biblical Hebrew qatal form (i.e., the perfect, perfective, and past senses) as consecutive developmental stages of the anterior path. It is also argued that the perfect values of the qatal should not be explained as a type of aspect or tense. They belong to an independent category referred to as “taxis.” By employing the definition of prototypicality in terms of frequency, the authors conclude that in the light of statistical analysis, the domain of taxis constitutes the most prototypical part of the semantic potential of the qatal in Genesis (55.7%). The recognition of the category of perfect as an independent stage on the diachronic cline and acknowledgment of its weight in the meaning of the qatal likewise makes it possible to explain a number of the other senses of the qatal.
Journal of Semitic Studies | 2005
Hans Rechenmacher; Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages | 2010
Christo H.J. van der Merwe; Ernst R. Wendland
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages | 2002
Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Shofar | 2005
Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages | 2004
Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Hts Teologiese Studies-theological Studies | 2016
Christo H.J. van der Merwe
Litnet Akademies : 'n Joernaal vir die Geesteswetenskappe, Natuurwetenskappe, Regte en Godsdienswetenskappe | 2014
Christo H.J. van der Merwe