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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics | 2018

Fronting and exhaustive exclusion in Biblical Hebrew

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

Left Dislocation: An exploration in linguistic typology

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

The Semantic Potential of Verbal Conjugations as a Set of Polysemous Senses: The Qatal in Genesis

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

The Contibution of Wolfgang Richter to Current Developments in the Study of Biblical Hebrew

Hans Rechenmacher; Christo H.J. van der Merwe


Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages | 2010

Marked word order in the book of Joel

Christo H.J. van der Merwe; Ernst R. Wendland


Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages | 2002

The Bible and hypertext technology : challenges for maximizing the use of a new type of technology in Biblical studies

Christo H.J. van der Merwe


Shofar | 2005

A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (review)

Christo H.J. van der Merwe


Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages | 2004

Towards a principled working model for Biblical Hebrew lexicology

Christo H.J. van der Merwe


Hts Teologiese Studies-theological Studies | 2016

How ‘direct’ can a direct translation be? Some perspectives from the realities of a new type of church Bible

Christo H.J. van der Merwe


Litnet Akademies : 'n Joernaal vir die Geesteswetenskappe, Natuurwetenskappe, Regte en Godsdienswetenskappe | 2014

Direkte vertaling van die Bybel as antieke teks : net 'n nuwe benaming vir 'n stokkerige woordelikse vertaling? : godsdienswetenskappe

Christo H.J. van der Merwe

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