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A Cognitive Semantic Study of Biblical Hebrew
The Root Å¡lm for Completeness-Balance
Series: - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, Volume: 104
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Semantic studies of the Biblical Hebrew verb ש××× have been influenced by those of its most invoked nominal form שָ×××Ö¹×â. In this volume Andrew Chin Hei Leong shows that the concepts of balance, alliance, and completeness form the basic semantic structure of ש×××.
Previous studies on ש××× employed either historical or textual methodology, which has been dominant in biblical lexical studies. In addition to these methods, in Leong develops a systematic semantic methodology from Cognitive Semantics and Frame Semantics, to demonstrate that it is balance, rather than completeness, that is the most central concept in holding the semantic network together.
Previous studies on ש××× employed either historical or textual methodology, which has been dominant in biblical lexical studies. In addition to these methods, in Leong develops a systematic semantic methodology from Cognitive Semantics and Frame Semantics, to demonstrate that it is balance, rather than completeness, that is the most central concept in holding the semantic network together.
Andrew Chin Hei Leong, Ph.D. (2019), K.U. Leuven, Belgium, is Assistant Professor at the University of Saint Joseph, Macau. He has published on Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics and on Comparative Studies of Ancient Chinese Literature and O.T.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âA Survey of Previously Conducted Research
â2âThe Semitic Cognates of שׁ××
â3âResearch Question
â4âLimitations of Our Research
â5âOutline of the Book
1 Methodology
â1âTheoretical Question: Homonymy and Polysemy
â2âMethodological Discussion
â3âIllustration of the Methodology by Way of Examples
â4âSpecificity of the Present Study Vis-Ã -Vis Contemporary Semantic Studies
2 The שׁ×× D Stem
â1âTo Give Back: To Reach a Balance (between Two Parties)
â2âTo Retribute: To Reach Balance (Involving Three Parties)
â3âRetribution as Balance
â4âCruces Interpretum
3 The שׁ×× G Stem
â1âTo Be Complete and To Be Finished
â2âTo Make an Alliance, To Be an Ally
â3âTwo Homonymous Verbs or One Polysemous Verb?
4 The שׁ×× H Stem
â1âTo Make (Something) Complete / Finished
â2âTo Enter an Alliance (with Someone)
â3âObservation on the Prepositions
â4âConclusion
5 Synthesis of the Semasiological Investigation of שׁ××
â1âThe שׁ×× D Stem
â2âThe שׁ×× G Stem
â3âThe שׁ×× H Stem
â4âA Unified Polysemous שׁ××
â5âRelations between Stem-Formations
â6âComparison with the Semitic Cognates
6 Wider Perspectives
â1âResearch Results
â2âOnomasiological Study of the Polysemy of שׁ××
â3âNominal and Adjectival Forms of the Root שׁ××
Conclusion
â1âSemantic and Methodological Notes
â2âTheological Issues: Retribution and Peace
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âA Survey of Previously Conducted Research
â2âThe Semitic Cognates of שׁ××
â3âResearch Question
â4âLimitations of Our Research
â5âOutline of the Book
1 Methodology
â1âTheoretical Question: Homonymy and Polysemy
â2âMethodological Discussion
â3âIllustration of the Methodology by Way of Examples
â4âSpecificity of the Present Study Vis-Ã -Vis Contemporary Semantic Studies
2 The שׁ×× D Stem
â1âTo Give Back: To Reach a Balance (between Two Parties)
â2âTo Retribute: To Reach Balance (Involving Three Parties)
â3âRetribution as Balance
â4âCruces Interpretum
3 The שׁ×× G Stem
â1âTo Be Complete and To Be Finished
â2âTo Make an Alliance, To Be an Ally
â3âTwo Homonymous Verbs or One Polysemous Verb?
4 The שׁ×× H Stem
â1âTo Make (Something) Complete / Finished
â2âTo Enter an Alliance (with Someone)
â3âObservation on the Prepositions
â4âConclusion
5 Synthesis of the Semasiological Investigation of שׁ××
â1âThe שׁ×× D Stem
â2âThe שׁ×× G Stem
â3âThe שׁ×× H Stem
â4âA Unified Polysemous שׁ××
â5âRelations between Stem-Formations
â6âComparison with the Semitic Cognates
6 Wider Perspectives
â1âResearch Results
â2âOnomasiological Study of the Polysemy of שׁ××
â3âNominal and Adjectival Forms of the Root שׁ××
Conclusion
â1âSemantic and Methodological Notes
â2âTheological Issues: Retribution and Peace
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the semantics of Biblical Hebrew verbs, and nominal and adjectival forms, and anyone concerned with the application of modern semantic methodology to Biblical Hebrew lexicography.