Herein, we come to the end of our discussion of the semantics of σκύβαλον and how it relates to English taboo words.
Lexical Semantics
What to do when a word seems to mean completely different things?
Languages often have multiple means of communicating the same thing. Lexical inventories overlap; grammatical forms might share related functions.
The introductory volume on linguistics and exegesis to which I contributed two chapters is finally in print. Linguistics […]
Two quote from Rulh (1989) On monosemy…
Paul’s Triumph: Reassessing 2 Corinthians 2:14 in Its Literary and Historical Context by Christoph Heilig. Don’t let the […]
This excerpt is from my chapter, “Linguistic issues in Biblical Greek,” in Lexham Methods: Linguistics & Exegesis. It’s published […]
Koine-Greek 