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Transitivity-Based Foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles

A Functional-Grammatical Approach to the Lukan Perspective

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Transitivity-Based Foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles

A Functional-Grammatical Approach to the Lukan Perspective

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This study of the language of Acts is based on M. A. K. Halliday's functional grammar, which offers a theory based on linguistic choices and the effects they have on readers or hearers. Interacting with selected interpretations from, among others, C.K. Barrett, Ben C. Witherington, Jerome Neyrey, Jacob Jervell and John Lentz, Martín-Asensio argues that transitivity ('who does what to whom') emerges as a key factor in the foregrounding scheme of Acts, and this analysis offers a linguistically based perspective on Luke's overall concern to underline the supremacy of the divine will on the stage of human affairs.

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Published 01 Nov 2000
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9780567396679
Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
Series The Library of New Testament Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Gustavo Martín Asensio

Gustavo Martín Asensio is an independent scholar w…

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