Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Final sentences are a neglected area of research in Biblical Hebrew. Apart from an
investigation by Mitchell (1879) in the previous century, and a more recent article by
Muraoka (1997), this is certainly an area of Biblical Hebrew grammar in need of research.
Biblical Hebrew grammars propound a variety of ways final constructions can supposedly
be expressed. The main thesis of this study is that the diversity of final constructions in
Biblical Hebrew is not merely different syntactic realizations of the same semantic
meaning, but that each syntactic construction carries definite semantic nuances.
Traditional grammars, because they are sentence-based, present some shortcomings in the
description of final sentences. I will briefly expose some of the linguistic presuppositions
of traditional grammars, and their inherent limitations with respect to the study of final
constructions.
Recent developments in general linguistics, especially the variety of approaches subsumed
under the broad classification textlinguistics, create new opportunities to address Biblical
Hebrew grammar. I will explore this relatively recent developments to the study of
language, in order to determine whether insights from studies conducted in terms of this
paradigm can be used to describe final constructions more adequately.
A number of theses are presented in Chapters 2 and 3, which are evaluated in Chapters 4
to 6. The findings are presented in a summary of at the end of each chapter. The final
results of this investigation are summarized in Chapter 7. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Finaalsinne het tot dusver min aandag geniet in Bybelse Hebreeuse navorsing. Afgesien van 'n
ondersoek deur Mitchell (1879) in die vorige eeu, en 'n onlangse artikel deur Muraoka (1997), is
hierdie 'n navorsingsgebied wat vra om nadere ondersoek.
Volgens Bybelse Hebreeuse grammatikas kan finaalsinne op verskeie wyses uitgedruk word. Die
hooftese van hierdie studie is dat die verskeidenheid van finaalkonstruksies in Bybelse Hebreeus
nie bloot verskillende sintaktiese opsies is om dieselfde semantiese betekenis te realiseer nie, maar
dat elke onderskeie sintaktiese konstruksie 'n besondere semantiese nuanse weergee.
Omdat hulle eng op die beskrywing van die sin gebaseer is, hou traditionele grammatikas
tekortkominge in vir die beskrywing van finaalsinne. In hierdie studie wys ek kortliks op die
linguistiese voorveronderstellings van die tradisionele benadering, en op die inherente
tekortkominge van so 'n benadering ten opsigte van die ondersoek van finaalsinne.
Onlangse ontwikkelinge in die algemene linguistiek, veral die verskeidenheid benaderings
saamgevat onder die begrip tekslinguistiek, bied nuwe moontlikhede vir die beskrywing van
Bybelse Hebreeus. Ek sal hierdie nuwe benadering tot taalstudie ondersoek om vas te stel of dit
aangewend kan word om finaalsinne beter te beskryf.
Verskeie tesisse word in Hoofstukke 2 en 3 geformuleer en dan in Hoofstukke 4 tot 6 geëvalueer.
Die resultate word aan die einde van elke hoofstuk saamgevat. Die uiteindelike konklusies van
hierdie studie word in Hoofstuk 7 saamgevat.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/51762 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Payle, Kenneth David |
| Contributors | Van Der Merwe, C. H. J., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences . Dept. of Ancient Studies . |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 221 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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