Aspect and modality in Biblical Hebrew

This thesis attempts to provide an encompassing account for the centuries-old question concerning how aspect and modality are grammaticalized in the verbal system in Biblical Hebrew. To this end, the semantics of the three verb forms qatal, yiqtol, and qotel are investigated by means of a theory-unb...

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Main Author: Bae, Yunjung
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-05-85