A Grammatical and Exegetical Study of New Testament Verbs of Transference: A Case Frame Guide to Interpretation and Translation

257 Pages·2009·2.36 MB·English

by  Paul Danove

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GRAMMATICAL AND EXEGETICAL STUDY OF
NEW TESTAMENT VERBS OF TRANSFERENCE
A Case Frame Guide to Interpretation and Translation
PAUL DANOVE
Copyright # Paul Danove, 2009
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CONTENTS
PREFACE x
ABBREVIATIONS xii
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTIONTOCASEFRAMEANALYSISANDDESCRIPTION 1
1. Presuppositions and Concepts of the Method 1
2. Syntactic Analysis and Description 3
3. Semantic Analysis and Description 4
4. Lexical Analysis and Description 11
5. Complement Omission and Retrieval 13
6. Application of the Case Frame Method 18
Chapter 2
USAGE, EVENT, ANDSEMANTICFEATURES 19
1. The Conceptualization of Events 19
2. The Further Description of Usages: Usage Features 21
3. The Derivation of Events: Event Features 32
4. The Semantic Feature ± Animate 36
5. Case Frame Lexicon and Parsing Guide Entries 44
6. Presentation of the Study 47
Chapter 3
TRANSFERENCE: ACTIVEUSAGES 49
1. The Characteristics of Verbs with Active Usages of
Transference 49
2. Usage #1: Transference to a Goal (Pri. Act. +Imp.) 51
3. Usage #2: Transference to a Goal (Pri. Act. –Imp.) 58
4. Usage #3: Transference from a Source (Pri. Act. +Imp.) 61
5. Usage #4: Transference Terminating in a Locative (Pri. Act.
+Imp.) 62
6. Usage #5: Transference Terminating in a Locative (Pri. Act.
–Imp.) 63
7. Usage #6: Transference from a Source (Sec. Act. +Imp.) 64
8. Usage #7: Transference from a Source (Sec. Act. –Imp.) 65
Contents vii
9. Usage #8: Transference to a Goal (Sec. Act. +Imp.) 66
10. Extension of the ±Animate Distributional Rule 67
11. The Feature Model Description of Usages 68
Chapter 4
TRANSFERENCE: MIDDLEUSAGES 73
1. The Characteristics of Verbs with Middle Usages of
Transference 73
2. Usage #9: Transference to a Goal (Pri. Mid. +Imp.) 77
3. Usage #10: Transference from a Source (Pri. Mid. +Imp.) 79
4. Usage #11: Transference Terminating in a Locative (Pri. Mid.
+Imp.) 80
5. The Feature Model Description of Usages 81
Chapter 5
TRANSFERENCE/MOTION: PASSIVEUSAGES 84
1. The Characteristics of Verbs with Passive Usages of
Transference 86
2. The Characteristics of Verbs With Passive Usages of Motion
and State 87
3. Usage #12: Transference to a Goal (Pri. Pass. +Imp.) /
Usage #19: Motion to a Goal (Sec. Pass. +Imp.) 90
4. Usage #13: Transference to a Goal (Pri. Pass. –Imp.) /
Usage #20: Motion to a Goal (Sec. Pass. +Imp.) 94
5. Usage #14: Transference from a Source (Pri. Pass. +Imp.) /
Usage #21: Motion from a Source (Pri. Pass. +Imp.) 95
6. Usage #15: Transference Terminating in a Locative (Pri.
Pass. +Imp.) / Usage #22: State (Ter. Pass.) 96
7. Usage #16: Transference Terminating in a Locative (Pri.
Pass. –Imp.) / Usage #22: State (Ter. Pass.) 98
8. Usage #17: Transference from a Source (Sec. Pass. +Imp.) /
Usage #21: Motion from a Source (Pri. Pass. +Imp.) 99
9. Usage #18: Transference to a Goal (Sec. Pass. +Imp.) /
Usage #19: Motion to a Goal (Sec. Pass. +Imp.) 100
10. Usage #12: Transference to a Goal (Pri. Pass. +Imp.) /
Usage #21: Motion from a Source (Pri. Pass. +Imp.) 101
11. Usage #22: State (Ter. Pass.) 104
12. Extension of the ± Animate Distributional Rule 105
13. Conventions for Combined Entries for Verbs with Linked
Usages 106
14. The Feature Model Description of Usages 109
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Chapter 6
MOTIONANDRELATIVEMOTION: ACTIVEUSAGES 111
1. The Characteristics of Verbs with Active Usages of Motion 111
2. The Characteristics of proa&gw with Active Usages of
Relative Motion 112
3. Usage #23: Motion to a Goal (Pri. Act. +Imp.) 114
4. Usage #24: Motion to a Goal (Pri. Act. –Imp.) 115
5. Usage #25: Motion from a Source (Sec. Act. +Imp.) 116
6. Usage #26: Motion from a Source (Sec. Act. –Imp.) 117
7. Usage #27: Motion from a Source (Ter. Act. +Imp.) 118
8. Usage #28: Motion from a Source (Ter. Act. –Imp.) 119
9. Usage #29: Relative Motion to a Goal (Pri. Act. +Imp.) 120
10. Usage #30: Relative Motion from a Source (Ter. Act.
+Imp.) 121
11. Extension of the ± Animate Distributional Rule 122
12. The Feature Model Description of Usages 123
Chapter 7
EFFECTANDITSDERIVATIVEEVENTS: ALLUSAGES 124
1. The Characteristics of Verbs with Usages of Effect 124
2. The Characteristics of Verbs with Usages of Events Derived
from Effect 129
3. Usage #31: Effect (Act. +Imp.) 132
4. Usage #32: Effect (Act. –Imp.) 134
5. Usage #33: Effect (Mid. +Imp.) 135
6. Usage #34: Effect (Pass. +Imp.) 136
7. Usage #35: Conventional Idiomatic Effect (Act. +Imp.) 137
8. Usage #36: Topicalization (Act. +Imp.) 137
9. Usage #37: Separation (Act. –Imp.) 138
10. Usage #38: Benefaction (Mid. +Imp.) 139
11. Extension of the ± Animate Distributional Rule 141
12. Conventions for Combined Entries for Linked Active/
Passive Usages 141
13. The Feature Model Description of Usages 142
Chapter 8
COMPOSITEEVENTS: ALLUSAGES 144
1. The Characteristics of Verbs with Usages of Composite
Events 144
2. Usage #39: Delegation to a Goal (Pri. Act. +Imp.) 151
3. Usage #40: Delegation to a Goal (Pri. Mid. +Imp.) 153
4. Usage #41: Addition to a Goal (Pri. Mid. +Imp.) 154
5. Usage #42: Disposition (Act. +Imp.) 155
6. Usage #43: Commission (Act. –Imp.) 158
Contents ix
7. Usage #44: Decision (Act. +Imp.) 159
8. Usage #45: Decision (Mid. +Imp.) 160
9. Extension of the ± Animate Distributional Rule 160
10. The Feature Model Description of Usages 161
Chapter 9
IMPLICATIONS,APPLICATIONS, ANDCONCLUSION 162
1. Usage Features 162
2. Event Features 165
3. The Semantic Feature ± Animate 166
4. The Case Frame Lexicon and Parsing Guide 168
5. Generalized Valence Descriptions of Usages 170
6. Conclusion 172
Chapter 10
CASEFRAMELEXICONANDPARSINGGUIDE 174
APPENDICES 209
A. Definitions: Thematic Roles 209
B. The Feature Model Description of Usages of Verbs in
Set 1 210
C. The Feature Model Description of Usages of Verbs in
Set 2 211
D. The Feature Model Description of Usages of Verbs in
Set 3 211
BIBLIOGRAPHY 213
INDEXOFREFERENCES 217
INDEXOFSUBJECTS 232
INDEXOFAUTHORS 244