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  • From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Need a list, 2
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:02:36 -0700


Bryan wrote:
> Sorry, Dave, I forgot...
>
> There is a (statistically small, but) fairly large number of clause-initial
> weqatals that appear to carry the main plotline of historical narrative.
> I.e., they are 'unconverted' and seemingly interchangable with wayyiqtol.
> See Longacre, "Weqatal Forms in BH Prose," BH and Discourse Linguistics,
> ed. Bergen, Dallas: S.I.L., 1994.

What I'm hoping to do is compare clause-initial qatals without waw
to clause-initial qatals with waw...

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.



  • Re: Need a list, 2, Bryan Rocine, 01/27/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Need a list, 2, Dave Washburn, 01/27/1999

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