The Syntactical Status of Exceptive Phrases in Biblical Hebrew

Exceptive phrases are usually considered appositions to the sentence parts from which they are excepted. This paper considers the syntactical status of exceptive phrases from a functional point of view. It indicates the similarities between exceptive phrases, extrapositions and cleft sentences. It c...

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Auteur principal: Zewi, Tamar (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 1998
Dans: Biblica
Année: 1998, Volume: 79, Numéro: 4, Pages: 542-548
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:Exceptive phrases are usually considered appositions to the sentence parts from which they are excepted. This paper considers the syntactical status of exceptive phrases from a functional point of view. It indicates the similarities between exceptive phrases, extrapositions and cleft sentences. It compares the Biblical construction of exceptive phrases to that of Classical Arabic, and learns important facts from the syntactical status of the parallel Arabic construction as reflected in the Arabic case system. Considering all the evidence, the paper asserts that exceptive phrases after negative sentences actually present the new information exhibited by the speaker or writer, that is, the logical predicate or the comment of the sentence.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contient:Enthalten in: Biblica