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1 online resource (xvi, 473 pages) |
| Series |
Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts, 0169-9008 ; v. 16 |
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Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts ; vol. 16.
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| Contents |
Preliminary Materials / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter One. The Text / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Two. The Place Of The Syriac Translanon In The Textual History Of Sirach / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Three. The Syriac Sirach As A Translanon / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Four. Tendencies In The Syriac Sirach Not Shared By The 'Expanded Text' / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Five. Intertextual Analysis / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Six. The Religious Profile Of The Syriac Sirach / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Seven. The Calap Model Of Textual Analysis / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Eight. The Procedure Of The Calap Analysis / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Nine. Preliminary Remarks On Phrase Structure / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Ten. Phrases With One Extension / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Eleven. Phrases With Two Extensions / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twelve. Phrases With More Than Two Extensions And Other Complex Phrase Structures / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Thirteen. Discontinuous Phrases / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Fourteen. Independent Use Of XXX / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Fifteen. Towards A Maximum Matrix Of Phrases / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Sixteen. Preliminary Remarks On Clause Structure / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Seventeen. Bipartite Nominal Clauses / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Eighteen. Tripartite Nominal Clauses / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Nineteen. Quadripartite Nominal Clauses / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty. Participials / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-One. Extraposition And Pronominal Agreement / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Two. Existential Clauses / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Three. Clauses Containing The Verb XXX / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Four. Cleft Sentences / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Five. Functions Of The Pronoun / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Six. Preliminary Remarks On Clause Hierarchy / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Seven. Clause Hierarchy In The Praise Of The Fathers / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Chapter Twenty-Eight. Conclusions / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Bibliography / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Index Of Passages / W. Th. Van Peursen -- Index Of Authors / W. Th. Van Peursen |
| Summary |
This book is the result of an innovative linguistic study of the Syriac translation of Ben Sira. It contains both a traditional philological analysis, incorporating matters of text-historical interest and translation technique, and also the results of a computational linguistic analysis of phrases, clauses and texts. It arrives at new linguistic insights, including a proposal for a corpus-based description of phrase structure based on a so-called maximum matrix. The book also addresses the fundamentally different way in which a text is approached in a computer-assisted analysis compared with t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-455) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Ecclesiasticus -- Language, style
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Bible. Ecclesiasticus fast |
| Subject |
Syriac language -- Grammar, Comparative
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies.
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Language and languages -- Style
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047423614 |
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9047423615 |
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