Transitivity-Based Foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles

von Gustavo Mart N-Asensio, Gustavo Martin-Asensio

200 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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, Martín-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 of human affairs.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Heilige Texte und geheiligte Schriften Bibel Neues Testament
• ISBN: 9781841271644
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2000
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL