From: Wayne Leman (wleman@mcn.net)
Date: Fri May 12 2000 - 17:51:16 EDT
My copy of the new edition of Levinsohn's book arrived a couple of days ago
(I ordered it about 2 weeks ago). It is significantly expanded over the
first edition, published in 1992. As stated in previous messages, this book
is available now via the SIL website, publications section:
http://www.sil.org
Following are the contents of the book. Ignore the page numbers since they
come from a pre-publication e-copy I have, and the page numbers have changed
some in the published copy. Accent marks appear on the Greek words in both
the pre-publication copy and publication copy but I am rushing out the door
to meet an airplane flight and don't have time to add them now.
CONTENTS
Preface vi
Introduction vii
Abbreviations xii
PART I: CONSTITUENT ORDER 1
1. Coherence and Discontinuities 2
2. Points of Departure 7
2.1 Articulations of the Sentence 7
2.2 Propositional Topic, Comment, and Point of Departure 8
2.3 Points of Departure Involving Renewal 13
2.4 Potential Points of Departure that Do Not Begin a Clause or Sentence 15
2.5 A Warning about Initial Constituents 17
2.6 Implications for the Basic Constituent Order of New Testament Greek 18
2.7 Illustrative Narrative Passages 19
2.8 Points of Departure in Non-narrative Passages 24
3. Constituent Order in the Comment 31
3.1 Pronominal Constituents 31
3.2 Core-Periphery 33
3.3 Propositional Topic - Comment 34
3.4 The Focal Constituent to the End 35
3.5 Marked Instances of End of Sentence Focus 37
3.6 Preverbal Focus 41
3.7 Preverbal Focus versus End of Sentence Focus 42
3.8 Ambiguous Constituent Orders 45
3.8.1. Ambiguities when a Verb Ends a Sentence 45
3.8.2 Ambiguities when a Single Constituent Precedes the Verb 47
3.9 Concluding Comments 51
4. More on Constituent Order 53
4.1 Constituent Order in Negated Sentences 53
4.2 Constituent Order in Information Interrogatives 59
4.3 Temporary Focus 62
4.4 Discontinuous Constituents 64
4.4.1 Discontinuity of a Focused Constituent Due to its Complexity 64
4.4.2 Discontinuity of a Constituent Due to its Parts Being Unequally
Relevant 65
4.4.3 Conclusion 67
4.5 Preposing in the Noun Phrase: The Genitive 69
PART II: SENTENCE CONJUNCTIONS 79
5. KAIand DE in Narrative 81
5.1 KAI and DE in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts 81
5.2 Notes on DE in Mark’s Gospel 93
5.3 DE, KAI, OUN, and Asyndeton in John’s Gospel 94
5.3.1 Asyndeton in John’s Gospel 95
5.3.2 The Conjunction KAI in John’s Gospel 98
5.3.3 The Conjunctions DE and OUN in John’s Gospel 99
5.4 Background Material 104
5.4.1 Background Material with DE 104
5.4.2 Background Material with GAR 106
5.4.3 Background Material with a Point of Departure and No Conjunction 107
6. TOTE, Non-conjunctive KAI, and TE Solitarium 110
6.1.1 TOTE as an Adverbial Conjunction in Matthew’s Gospel 112
6.1.2 TOTE in Mark, Luke, John, and Acts 114
6.2 Non-conjunctive KAI 116
6.3 TE Solitarium 125
7. Thematic Development in Non-narrative Text 132
7.1 DE 132
7.2 Asyndeton 139
7.3 Conjunctive KAI 146
7.4 OUN 150
PART III: PATTERNS OF REFERENCE 157
8. Participant Reference 158
8.1 The Status and Introduction of Participants 158
8.2 Further Reference to Activated Participants 160
8.3 References to VIPs 168
9. The Article with Substantives 174
9.1 Preliminaries 174
9.2 The Article with Proper Names for People 176
9.2.1 Default Rules 177
9.2.2. The Reactivation of Participants 179
9.2.3 Anarthrous References to Activated Participants 183
9.3 Anarthrous References to Other Substantives 191
9.4 Anarthrous Points of Departure 194
PART IV: BACKGROUNDING AND HIGHLIGHTING DEVICES 198
10 Backgrounding of Sentences 200
10.1 Prospective MEN 200
10.2 Natural Prominence and the Verb; The Imperfect 203
10.2.1 Verb Types and Natural Prominence 203
10.2.2 Verbal Aspect and Background versus Foreground 204
10.3 The Use of EGENETO 208
11. Backgrounding Within Sentences 213
11.1 Anarthrous Participial Clauses 213
11.1.1 The Difference between NPCs and GAs 213
11.1.2 Anarthrous Participial Clauses and Backgrounding 215
11.1.3 Initial Participles and Continuity 220
11.2 Relative Clauses 223
12. Highlighting and the Historical Present 231
12.1 Devices for Highlighting in Koiné Greek 231
12.2 The Historical Present 235
12.2.1 Non-Speech Historical Presents in Matthew 239
12.2.2 Non-Speech Historical Presents in Luke-Acts 243
12.2.3 Non-Speech Historical Presents in John 244
PART V: THE REPORTING OF CONVERSATION 250
13 The Default Strategy for Reporting Conversations 253
13.1 The Status of Reported Speeches in the Overall Narrative 253
13.2 The Status of the Final Speech in a Reported Conversation 256
13.3 Intermediate Steps and Anticipatory Points of Departure 264
14 More on Reported Conversations in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts 267
14.1 Control in Reported Conversations in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts 267
14.2 Asyndeton in Reported Conversations in Matthew’s Gospel 272
14.3 Speech Verbs in the Historical Present in Matthew 278
15 Reported Conversations in John’s Gospel 285
15.1 Historical Presents in Speech Orienters in John 287
15.2 APEKRIQH KAI EIPEN in John 295
16 Boundary Features 301
16.1 Problems in Identifying Boundaries and a Partial Solution 301
16.2 Knowing When Supporting Evidence is Valid 305
16.2.1 Conjunctions and Asyndeton 305
16.2.2 Spatiotemporal Changes 307
16.2.3 Summary Statements 307
16.2.4 Chiastic Structures 308
16.2.5 Rhetorical Questions 308
16.2.6 Participant Reference by Means of a Noun Phrase 309
16.2.7 Vocatives 309
16.2.8 Changes of Cast and Role 309
16.2.9 Changes of Verb Tense-Aspect, Mood and/or Person 310
16.2.10 Back-Reference 311
Appendix: Suggested Answers to Illustrative Passages 316
Glossary 323
References 326
Index of Scripture References 332
Index of Topics 340
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