Syntactic Features of Left Dislocation Constructions in Post-Exilic Biblical Hebrew

SBL Annual Meeting 2020 Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Seminar: Syntax of Late Biblical Hebrew

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ID16969586
AuthorsCynthia L Miller-Naudé (0000-0002-5299-9237, University of the Free State), Jacobus A Naudé (0000-0002-8680-0476, University of the Free State)
Year2022
Volume30
Issue2
Publication date2022-02-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for Semitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1013-8471 • E-ISSN: 2663-6573
PublisherUnisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.25159/2663-6573/10064
OpenAlexW4224210014
LanguageEN
References cited16

Left dislocation constructions involve a constituent that precedes the matrix sentence and is resumed within the sentence by a coreferential resumptive element. Cross-linguistically, left dislocation constructions exhibit considerable syntactic variation, which can be described on the basis of (1) the grammatical features of the resumptive element, (2) the relationship of the left dislocated constituent to the resumptive element, especially with respect to case agreement, and (3) the relationship of the left dislocation construction to the broader syntactic context. In this essay we describe the syntactic features of left dislocation constructions in the biblical books traditionally and uncontroversially identified as post-exilic—Ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel, and Esther. We identify ways in which trajectories of change in Biblical Hebrew can be identified in these constructions as well as syntactic features that are stable within the biblical corpus

Biblical studies · Context (archaeology) · Dislocation · Element (criminal law) · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Linguistics · Physics · Sentence · Syntactic foam · Syntactic structure · Syntax · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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