On the Semantics of Modal Coordination in Biblical Hebrew

On the Semantics of Modal Coordination
in Biblical Hebrew:
A Strictly Compositional Approach
to Truth-Functional Operators for Natural Language

Vincent DeCaen
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
10/2001 draft 2
11 páginas

Doctoral Thesis
"On the Placement and Interpretation of the Verb in Standard Biblical Hebrew Prose" (University of Toronto 1995)

The thesis takes the so-called enigma of the Hebrew verbal system as a problem in generative grammar. The formal model integrates phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatic/discourse analysis. Important proposals include verb movement and topicalization in an SVO system, and an alternative analysis of tense, mood and aspect. Both proposals have an obvious bearing on exegesis and discourse analysis.

ISBN: 0-612-02741-4
Diss. Abstracts: AAT NN02741
ILLO University of Toronto: theses NEAST 1995 Ph.D. 6298 ROBA

Electronic Publications

"Hebrew Linguistics and Biblical Criticism: A Minimalist Programme",
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 3 (2000-2001)
[now published in Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures (2006)]

Manuscripts

"Syllable Weight and Prosodic Foot in Tiberian Hebrew: Long-word Diagnostic, Database, and Generative Analysis"
(circulation draft)

"Theme and Variation in Jonah 2: A Metrical Analysis of a Biblical Pentameter"
(draft outline)

"Theme and Variation in Psalm 111: Phrase and Foot in Generative-Metrical Perspective"
(revised draft 8)

"On the Semantics of Modal Coordination in Biblical Hebrew: A Strictly Compositional Approach to Truth-Functional Operators for Natural Language"
(draft 2, 2001)

Generative Masoretics (2007-2008)

"An Optimality-theoretic Syntax-to-phonology Phrasing Algorithm."
(draft outline with application to Psalm 111, March, 2008)

"The Clitic in Tiberian Hebrew: A Constraints-Based Approach."
(notes, March, 2008)

"The Clitic in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: A Constraints-Based Approach."
(notes, March, 2008)