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Transitivity-based foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles [electronic resource] : a functional-grammatical approach to the Lukan perspective / Gustavo Martín-Asensio.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: EBSCO eBook collection | Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 202. | Studies in New Testament Greek ; 8.Publication details: Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)ISBN:
  • 9780567396679 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567396673 (electronic bk.)
  • 1283197421
  • 9781283197427
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transitivity-based foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles.LOC classification:
  • BS2625.2 .M378 2000eb
Summary: This study of the language of Acts is based on M.A.K. Halliday's functional grammar, which offers a theory based on linguistic choices and the effects they have on readers or hearers. Interacting with selected interpretations from, among others, C.K. Barrett, Ben C. Witherington, Jerome Neyrey, Jacob Jervell and John Lentz, Mart+¡n-Asensio argues that transitivity ('who does what to whom') emerges as a key factor in the foregrounding scheme of Acts, and this analysis offers a linguistically based perspective on Luke's overall concern to underline the supremacy of the divine will on the stage.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-198) and indexes.

This study of the language of Acts is based on M.A.K. Halliday's functional grammar, which offers a theory based on linguistic choices and the effects they have on readers or hearers. Interacting with selected interpretations from, among others, C.K. Barrett, Ben C. Witherington, Jerome Neyrey, Jacob Jervell and John Lentz, Mart+¡n-Asensio argues that transitivity ('who does what to whom') emerges as a key factor in the foregrounding scheme of Acts, and this analysis offers a linguistically based perspective on Luke's overall concern to underline the supremacy of the divine will on the stage.

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