Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Joseph,

I have never heard the expression "grammaticalization of location in 
text, not time" before. It seems to me to be a contradiction of 
terms. Please define this phrase or explain what its meaning is.

Best regards,

Rolf Furuli
Univeristy of Oslo




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> I propose this definition for "tense" in BH narrative texts. Tense 
> is "grammaticalization of location in text, not time". In narratives 
> the deictic center in the current point in the narrative. This 
> "present" point of the narrative is expressed with wayyiqtol. To 
> introduce an event or state prior to the current narrative Qatal is 
> used to "point" back that way.
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> In conversations, or discourse, the deictic center is the current 
> point in the conversation at hand. Qatal points back in the text to 
> an event preceding the current conversation while weQatals point 
> forward to events subsequent to the current conversation.
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> Joseph Justiss
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