The problem of "meaning" in texts
A text has various semantic dimensions - conveys meaning on various levels - in a way which is much more complex than suspected by Hirsch. Especially important is the meaning of what is depicted or asserted by the words of a text as signs. A great problem, however, is how meaning on this level may b...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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NTWSA
1989
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1989, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-43 |
Further subjects: | B
Theology
B New Testament Bible B Reader response criticism B Christianity B Intrepretation criticism B Meaning |
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Summary: | A text has various semantic dimensions - conveys meaning on various levels - in a way which is much more complex than suspected by Hirsch. Especially important is the meaning of what is depicted or asserted by the words of a text as signs. A great problem, however, is how meaning on this level may be found. It is suggested that such discovery is a complex task which involves arranging or ""matrixing"" of evidence according to an unarticulated ""grammar"". A further problem is the role of the reader in the discovery of meaning on all levels in a text. At times the reader's meaning corresponds to authorial intention and at times it does/can not. |
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ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_326 |