If it wasn’t for chunking, we would all have a very hard time communicating. Whether you realize it or not, you chunk up your conversations and writing everyday. In speech you might pause, say “um”, “alright,” or “so”. In this post, we’ll look at how Hebrew and Greek use chunking to different effects.
Author: Kris Lyle
In an article titled, “Where does prototypicality come from?” Dirk Geeraerts(2007:176–77) provides a number of factors that beget this phenomenon; and when it comes to identifying the prototypical usage of a word he discusses how introspection can prove useful.
Eighteen years ago Christo van der Merwe et. al published a Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar. At the time it introduced some important areas of study that had not yet been covered in BH grammars, such as word order variation. Now, van der Merwe and Naudé are back with a substantially augmented second edition. Read on to learn more about this edition from Christo and what he’s up to next.
Words do not have senses. At least in the sense we like to think they do. In this post we’ll look at a new model of mapping meaning that’s gaining momentum among Cognitive Linguistics.
Editor’s note: this article was originally published on the blog Old School Script. We have taken over its […]
The meaning of words and expressions are notoriously difficult to analyze. Lexicographers have their work cut out for them in building a dictionary. Most often their methodology is based on subjective methods. But this makes it difficult to challenge their conclusions — at least in a capacity that relies on more than strong personal convictions. Is there another way to doing the backend investigations of lexicography?
What if semantic research could be based on stats and not just gut? For several decades this has been a reality more are coming to experience. Read on and let me catch you up.
Editor’s note: this article was originally published on the blog Old School Script. We have taken over its […]
Editor’s note: this article was originally published on the blog, Old School Script. We have taken over its […]
Editor’s note: this article was originally published on the blog Old School Script. We have taken over its […]
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