Expect the unexpected : aspects of pragmatic foregrounding in Old Testament narratives /

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Author / Creator:	Cotrozzi, Stefano, 1956-
Imprint:	New York : T & T Clark International, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages).
Language:	English Hebrew
Series:	Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 510 T & T Clark library of biblical studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 510. T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Subject:	Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, Narrative. Bible. -- Old Testament -- Language, style. Bible. -- Old Testament. Foregrounding. Foregrounding. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244739

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ISBN:	9780567574817 0567574814 9780567568380 0567568385
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This monograph on biblical linguistics is a highly specialized, pragmatic investigation of the controversial question of ""foregrounding""the deviation from some norm or conventionin Old Testament narratives. The author presents and examines the two main sources of pragmatic foregrounding: events or states deviating from well-established schemata, structures of reader expectation that can be manipulated by the narrator to highlight specific ""chunks"" of discourse; and evaluative devices, which are used by the narrator to indicate to the reader the point of the story and direct its interpret.
Other form:	Print version: Cotrozzi, Stefano, 1956- Expect the unexpected. New York : T & T Clark International, ©2010 9780567568380

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