The Pragmatics of Perception and Cognition in MT Jeremiah 1:1-6:30: A Cognitive Linguistics Approach

by Elizabeth R. Hayes, Elizabeth R., Hayes

Recent advances in cognitive linguistics provide new avenues for reading and interpreting Biblical Hebrew prophetic text. This volume utilises a multi-layered cognitive linguistics approach to explore Jeremiah 1:1-6:30, incorporating insights from cognitive grammar, cognitive science and conceptual blending theory. While the modern reader is separated from the originators of these texts by time, space and culture, this analysis rests on the theory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110202298
• ISBN13: 9783110202298
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary