Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Relevance Theory & Hebrew Semantics
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:08:39 -0500
Peter:
This intended to make sense is exactly the reason I question the Masoritic
points at times. While most sentences in Tanakh are simple and make sense,
the difficult ones often become simple when one removes the points, then look
for the possibilities. Often the verses preceding and following indicate
which of the possibilities to choose based on continuation of an idea. Often
I find that one possibility gives a simple reading and any other possibility
leaves us with mental gymnastics to try to make every word fit.
I dont know exactly how this relates to Relevance Theory, other than making
the text make sense may affect the relevance of individual verses.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
>
> The axiom is basically that the text is intended to make sense, to
> communicate a message, at least to its target audience, in other words
> that it is not a random collection of words. If we abandon this axiom we
> may as well abandon any attempt to understand the text, because it is
> meaningless.
>
>
>
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> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
>http://www.qaya.org/
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