Modality and the Biblical Hebrew Infinitive Absolute

Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 13
Foreword......Page 16
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Infinitives......Page 18
Paronomastic Infinitives Absolute......Page 19
Independent Infinitives Absolute......Page 24
The Need for a New Approach......Page 28
Toward a New Approach......Page 33
Introduction to Tense, Aspect, and Modality......Page 34
Propositional Modality......Page 39
Event Modality......Page 45
Morphologically-Based Studies......Page 48
Modal Verbs and Particles......Page 53
Verbal Clause Constituent Order and Modality......Page 56
Verbal Clause Constituent Order and Focus......Page 58
Previous Modality Studies and the Infinitive Absolute......Page 60
Infinitive Absolute Recognition......Page 63
Overview of Study Method......Page 70
Speculative......Page 74
Assumptive......Page 75
Deductive......Page 79
Sensory......Page 81
Reported......Page 82
Interrogative......Page 85
Future......Page 92
Conditional......Page 111
Habitual......Page 127
Recapitulation......Page 138
Permissive......Page 140
Obligative......Page 142
Imperative......Page 155
Jussive......Page 179
Commissive......Page 183
Abilitive......Page 194
Volitive......Page 196
Desiderative......Page 197
Resultative......Page 200
Recapitulation......Page 204
Paronomastic Infinitives......Page 206
Finite Verb Substitutes......Page 215
Paronomastic Infinitives......Page 221
Finite Verb Substitutes......Page 224
Modal Contexts of Verbal Infinitives Absolute in Biblical Hebrew Prose and Poetry......Page 226
Modal Contexts of Infinitives Absolute in Narrative and Discourse......Page 232
 Social Relationship and Modal Contexts of Infinitives Absolute in Discourse......Page 234
Verb Sequence and Modal Contexts of Paronomastic Infinitives Absolute......Page 236
Verbal Clause Constituent Order and Modal Contexts of Infinitives Absolute......Page 239
Degree of Modality of Verb Conjugations and the Paronomastic Infinitive Absolute in Prose......Page 242
Refutation......Page 244
New Findings......Page 245
Appendix 1: Infinitive Absolute Database......Page 248
Appendix 2: Statistical Analysis Methods......Page 341
Bibliography......Page 344