Traditional semantic description of Ancient Greek prepositions has
struggled to synthesize the varied and seemingly arbitrary uses into
something other than a disparate, sometimes overlapping list of
senses. The Cognitive Linguistic approach of prototype theory holds
that the meanings of a preposition are better explained as a semantic
network of related senses that radially extend from a primary, spatial
sense. These radial extensions arise from contextual factors that
affect the metaphorical representation of the spatial scene that is
profiled. Building upon the Cognitive Linguistic descriptions of
Bortone (2009) and Luraghi (2009), linguists, biblical scholars, and
Greek lexicographers apply these developments to offer more in-depth
descriptions of select postclassical Greek prepositions and consider
the exegetical and lexicographical implications of these findings.
This volume will be of interest to those studying or researching the
Greek of the New Testament seeking more linguistically-informed
description of prepositional semantics, particularly with a focus on
the exegetical implications of choice among seemingly similar
prepositions in Greek and the challenges of potentially mismatched
translation into English.
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Cognitive Semantic Analysis and Biblical Interpretation
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783110777994
Publisert
2022
Utgave
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Vendor
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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