Code-Switching in Luke and Acts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820436951)

Vendor: Irmengard Rauch
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Code-Switching in Luke and Acts

$69.95

Code-Switching in Luke and Acts

$69.95
Format: Hardcover
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Divergence of style characterizes the Greek dialect that appears in the New Testament books of Luke and Acts. Some parts contain standard Koine while others show varying degrees of Semitic influence. This sociolinguistic study concludes that the continuum of Semitized Greek appearing in the ancient texts functions like the metaphoric variety of code-switching performed by modern bilinguals. The variations can be explained, in part, by Luke's tendency to use Semitic linguistic features when describing Jewish subject matter while retaining standard Koine for Hellenistic interest.

Author: Irmengard Rauch,Jonathan M. Watt
ISBN-10: 082043695X
ISBN-13: 9780820436951
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1997
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
By Irmengard Rauch
By Irmengard Rauch
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The Author: Jonathan M. Watt, M.Div., M.A., Ph.D., is pastor of the College Hill Reformed Presbyterian Church in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He also serves as a part-time faculty member at Geneva College and at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Pittsburgh).

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