The Discourse Functions of Overspecified Anaphoric Expressions in Biblical Hebrew Narrative: Genesis 12‐24 as a Test Case

In Biblical Hebrew, as in other languages, anaphoric reference is often overspecified; that is, an anaphoric noun (lexical anaphora) is used in a place where the inflection of the verb (inflectional anaphora) would be a sufficient indicator as to who is being referred to. The present study investiga...

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Main Author: Bergström, Ulf (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 275-296
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