{"product_id":"topic-focus-and-foreground-in-jean-marc-heimerdinger-9781841270142","title":"Topic, Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The various possible forms that a narrative clause can take are classified in terms of their 'topic-comment' and 'focus-presupposition', and it is argued that the way in which these are articulated dictates the word order in the clause. The outcome of the study demonstrates that the traditional binary distinction between foreground and background, based purely on verb forms, is inadequate. A new model is offered showing how foregrounding is achieved by exploiting cognitive structures or by using specific evaluative devices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Marc Heimerdinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841270148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841270142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheffield Academic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.04w x 0.82d","brand":"Jean-Marc Heimerdinger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065842610431,"sku":"9781841270142","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4dba584-ed89-4cd1-a036-566fa5971d91.jpg?v=1768677606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/topic-focus-and-foreground-in-jean-marc-heimerdinger-9781841270142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}