Transitivity-based foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles : a functional-grammatical approach to the Lukan perspective / / Gustavo Martín-Asensio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818959703321
• Autore: Martín-Asensio Gustavo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• ISBN: 1-283-19742-1; 9786613197429; 0-567-39667-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Collana: Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 202; Studies in New Testament Greek ; ; 8; Library of New Testament studies
• Disciplina: 226.406
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1; HALLIDAYAN FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR AS HEIR TO NEW TESTAMENT RHETORICAL CRITICISM: THE CASE OF FOREGROUNDING; Chapter 2; THE RELEVANCE OF FOREGROUNDING FOR INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION: THE EPISODE OF PAUL'S SHIPWRECK (ACTS 27) AS A CASE STUDY; Chapter 3; PARTICIPANT REFERENCE AND FOREGROUNDED TRANSITIVITY PATTERNS IN THE STEPHEN EPISODE (ACTS 6-7); Chapter 4; LUKE'S SECOND SURVEY OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY (ACTS 13.6B-25): REDACTION VARIATION; Chapter 5; FOREGROUONDING SCHEME AND RHETORICAL STRATEGY IN THE EPISODE OF PAUL'S ARREST AND DEFENSE (ACTS 21-22)Chapter 6; FOREGROUNDED TRANSITIVITY PATTERNS IN THE PENTECOST EPISODE (ACTS 2); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Modern Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, Mart+¡n-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