Focus Structure in Biblical Hebrew: A Study of Word Order and Information Structure

accessible according active referent analysis Andersen appears approach argument Argument-Focus Structure background information beginning Biblical Hebrew brand-new referent Chapter circumstantial clause Clause-Focus Structure closely closure commanded commenting constituents context contrast definite detect Deut discourse domain element emphasis English example exceptions Exod expressed focus structure focused Formula fronted grammar grounding identification implications indicate initiation intensification introduced John Judg land language lexical form Linguistic marked means Muraoka Niccacci nominal clause Note noun object observed offering Parallel Construction PFS PFS phrase pitch pragmatic functions preceding predicate Predicate-Focus Structure present presupposed prominence pronoun proposes proposition question receiver seems sender sentence sequence Summary syntax tall text unit theory tion topic topic referent understand utterance verb verbal clauses verse whole word order YHWH אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה כִּי לֹא