Pragmatics of Perception and Cognition in MT Jeremiah 1.1-6.30: A Cognitive Linguistics Approach

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Author: Elizabeth R. Hayes

ISBN-10: 3110202298

ISBN-13: 9783110202298

Category: Hebrew language -> Grammar

Perception and cognition - seeing, hearing and understanding - are main themes in the Biblical Hebrew text of Jeremiah 1:1-6:30. This volume examines the text using a cognitive linguistics approach. This recently developed approach allows the modern reader to more fully understand the ancient text by observing aspects of embodied experience that are shared across time, space and culture, such as image schemas, conceptual metaphor and more elaborate conceptual blends. In addition to offering...

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Table of FiguresClause Tag ConventionsMental Spaces ConventionsCh. 1 Text Dynamics: An Integrative Approach 1Ch. 2 The Sentence and Beyond: Introduction to the Text Dynamics Approach 29Ch. 3 Traditional and Cognitive Approaches to BH Grammar 67Ch. 4 Cognitive Structuring in Jeremiah 1.1-6.30 109Ch. 5 Cognitive Structuring in Jeremiah 2.1-3.35 147Ch. 6 Cognitive Structuring in Jeremiah 4.1-6.30 187Ch. 7 Conclusions 231Bibliography 239Index of Biblical References 253Index of Authors 259Index of Subjects 263