a syntactic and pragmatic analysis of preposing Moshavi, A. Mosak (Adina Mosak) creator text bibliography Electronic books. inu Winona Lake, IN Eisenbrauns 2010 monographic eng heb 1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages). Over the last 40 years, the study of word-order variation has become a prominent and fruitful field of research. Researchers of linguistic typology have found that every language permits a variety of word-order constructions, with subject, verb, and objects occupying varying positions relative to each other. It is frequently possible to classify one of the word orders as the basic or unmarked order and the others as marked. Moshavi's study investigates word order in the finite nonsubordinate clause in classical Biblical Hebrew. A common marked construction in this type of clause is the preposing construction, in which a subject, object, or adverbial is placed before the verb. In this work, Moshavi formally distinguishes preposing from other marked and unmarked constructions and explores the distribution of these constructions in Biblical Hebrew. She carries out a contextual analysis of a sample (the book of Genesis) of preposed clauses in order to determine the pragmatic functions that preposing may express. Moshavi's thesis is that the majority of preposed clauses can be classified as one of two syntactic-pragmatic constructions: focusing or topicalization. This meticulous yet approachable study will be useful both to students of Biblical Hebrew and to persons doing general study of syntax, especially those interested in the connection between linguistic form and pragmatic meaning. ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Technical Notes""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 Word-Order Markedness in Biblical Hebrew""; ""Chapter 3 Previous Studies of the Functions of Preposing in Biblical Hebrew""; ""Chapter 4 The Biblical Hebrew Finite Clause and Its Constituents""; ""Chapter 5 The Syntax of Preposing and Other Word-Order Constructions""; ""Chapter 6 Focusing and Topicalization""; ""Chapter 7 The Pragmatics of Preposing: A Statistical Analysis""; ""Chapter 8 The Focused Clause""; ""Chapter 9 The Topicalized Clause"" ""Chapter 10 Conclusion""""References""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Scripture"" Adina Moshavi. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Language, style Language, style Hebrew language Clauses Hebrew language Word order FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Hebrew PJ4717 .M67 2010eb 492.4/5 Moshavi, A. Mosak (Adina Mosak). Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2010 (DLC) 2010013367 9781575066226 157506622X http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=448598 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=448598 E7B 110225 20200709055522.0 ocn759160129 eng