Presupposition and [E]motion

The Upgraded Function and the Semantics of the Participle in the New Testament

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Presupposition and [E]motion examines the modal semantics of presupposition in the New Testament. It argues that presupposition is the imaginative or mental exercise done by the reader or hearer to reflect, complement, or react among other features to what is being said. The book contends that the two major categories of mood, epistemic (+ assertion [Realis]) and deontic (-assertion [Irrealis]), must be seen in opposition to each other, and both together must be seen in opposition to the participle as well as to the infinitive. Ultimately, the book suggests, the importance of differentiating semantics from pragmatics, at the same time combining them within a specific context, is the key to understand the pragmatic effect of the upgraded participle.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-13
Mått150 x 225 x 23 mm
Vikt495 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagPeter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN9781433163944

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Roque N. Albuquerque is a full-time faculty member at the University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB) in the Institute of Linguistics and Literature in Ceará State. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Central Baptist Seminary in Minneapolis and in Language Studies from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He has taught Greek and New Testament for the past twenty years. His postdoctoral research is in the Greek comedy of Aristophanes with Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

List of Figures – List of Abbreviations – Preface – Introduction – Participle as Semantic Presupposition – Greek Participles: Modulation Versus Modality and Mood – Functions of the Participle – Semantics of the Upgraded Participle – Examination of New Testament Examples of the Upgraded Participle – Conclusion – Appendix – Bibliography – Reference Index – Subject Index – Name Index.

“For those of us who teach Greek, we are blessed by God to live at a time when so many wonderful insights into the structure and function of Koiné Greek have been discovered. This ‘embarrassment of riches’ continues with this present study of the Greek participle by Roque N. Albuquerque. The insights provided here, especially in relation to the upgraded participle (‘attendant circumstance’ as it has traditionally been labeled), are so helpful in correcting previous assumptions and mistakes made in interpreting the numerous places in the New Testament where this function of the participle occurs. There is no doubt in my mind that our theological students will benefit immensely from this study, which will in turn ultimately improve the preaching and teaching of God’s Word in our churches. And this blessing will be the greatest of them all. So I thank the Lord for Roque Albuquerque and the work he has labored to produce for the glory of our great God.—Jon Pratt, VP of Academics and Professor of New Testament, Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis