Lexham Discourse Analysis
Receiving an email from Logos this evening that Introducing New Testament Discourse Grammar: Video Series is on the way to manufacturing and orders are to be processed this week stirred my curiosity. Just some personal background: I took Greek grammar and exegesis in seminary (Hebrew, too) and promptly lost a great deal of it while doing a PhD in historical theology. I've struggled ever since. I've got the Learn to Use Biblical Greek and Hebrew with Logos videos but haven't viewed them all yet. Help me understand the value of discourse analysis and if this video and its corollary works (Lexham Greek NT Bundle and/or Lexham Discourse Grammar of the Greek NT). Are these tools I can utilize with my scanty recollection or should time be spent in a Greek grammar as a refresher? I've even thought about getting David Alan Black's beginning Greek DVD series that's been recommended and going through that as a refresher. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.
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Bill -
The best way I can describe Discourse Analysis is to say that it focuses on Genre and Sub-Genre [EDIT: and other parts of speech]. Perhaps that is not the best way to describe it, but that is how I think of it. Consider the following statements:
A. The Colts are the best team in the NFL.
B. The Colts are the best team in the NFL!
C. The Colts are the best team in the NFL?
If you read these statements without the punctuation, you would have to rely upon other pointers to determine if A, B, or C is meant. As I understand it, that is the meaning of discourse analysis.
The following screen shot shows an example of the HDNT ESV. I have not yet taken the time to learn what the symbols mean (I need to).
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Bill, did you view the intro videos on the link for their take on "what can discourse do for me"? ... By the fourth intro video I was convinced that I didn't have the background to make the most of the resource. You, however, do have the background; but a refresher may be useful to you. Have you looked at Bill Monce's site targeted at his unique method of learning greek?
Josh Hunt said:Learn the grammar with Bill Mounce. Read the book. Subscribe to his online videos atwww.teknia.com The first few sessions are free. If nothing else, use this free resource to learn all those funny letters in the Greek alphabet.
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alabama24 said:
The best way I can describe Discourse Analysis is to say that it focuses on Genre and Sub-Genre [EDIT: and other parts of speech]. Perhaps that is not the best way to describe it, but that is how I think of it.
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"Generally speaking, discourse analysis is the attempt to study the organization of language above the sentence level. It is the study of larger linguistic units such as entire conversations or written texts. Discourse analysis is also concerned with language as it is used in social contexts, the belief being that language and situation are inseparable. In fact, much of the work in discourse analysis is directed toward investigating the relationships between language, action, thought, and situation."
David Alan Black, Katharine G. L. Barnwell and Stephen H. Levinsohn, Linguistics and New Testament Interpretation : Essays on Discourse Analysis, 12 (Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman Press, 1992).Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Wiki Logos Resource Reviews => Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament includes introduction pages ("Choice implies Meaning") plus book of Jude.
Logos product => Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament has some Discourse Analysis background videos (including pictures from first marriage).
Last video "Multiple Discourse Devices" on http://www.logos.com/product/7076/introducing-new-testament-discourse-grammar-video-series includes emphasis examples since Greek word spelling includes grammatical usage, word(s) can be moved within a sentence for emphasis.
A Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis Chapter 2 logosres:discgrmrgrknt;ref=Page.p_18;off=126 includes:
Greek connectives play a functional role in discourse by indicating how the writer intended one clause to relate to another, based on the connective used.
Although the diversity of connectives provides valuable exegetical information about the writer’s intentions, it often has caused a good deal of confusion regarding exactly how each one differs from the other. Conjunctions traditionally have been defined based upon their translation, mapping them to an English counterpart. Consider the following summary from Wallace, with particular attention to how many times καί and δέ are listed together, and how many different ways they can be translated into English.
Logical Functions:
• Ascensive: even … καί, δέ, and μηδέ
• Connective (continuative, coordinate): and, also … καί and δέ
• Contrastive (adversative): but, rather, however … ἀλλά, πλήν, sometimes καί and δέ
• Correlative: e.g., μέν … δέ (on the one hand … on the other hand); καί … καί (both … and)
• Disjunctive (Alternative): or … ἤ
• Emphatic: certainly, indeed … ἀλλά (certainly), οὐ μή (certainly not or by no means), οὖν (certainly); true emphatic conjunctions include γέ, δή, μενοῦνγε, μέντοι, ναί, and νή
• Explanatory: for, you see, or that is, namely … γάρ, δέ, εἰ (after verbs of emotion), and καί
• Inferential: therefore … ἄρα, γάρ, διό, διότι, οὖν, πλήν, τοιγαροῦν, τοινῦν, and ὥστε
• Transitional: now, then … οὖν and especially δέ3
Runge, S. E. (2010). A Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis (18). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Noticed video description => http://www.logos.com/product/7076/introducing-new-testament-discourse-grammar-video-series includes:
"It is strongly recommended that you use this video series in tandem with the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament Bundle (6 vols.) or the Lexham Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Both the Discourse Grammar and the Discourse Greek New Testament: Introduction provide further discussion of the topics and principles presented in the videos."
A Dicourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis Table of Contents:
PART 1: FOUNDATIONS
1 Introduction
1.1 Choice Implies Meaning
1.2 Semantic Meaning versus Pragmatic Effect
1.3 Default versus Marked Framework
1.4 Prominence and Contrast
1.4.1 Prominence
1.4.2 Contrast
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2 Connecting Propositions
2.1 Asyndeton (∅)
2.2 Καί
2.3 Δέ
2.3.1 Introduction to Development Markers
2.3.2 Function of Δέ
2.4 Narrative Τότε
2.5 Οὖν
2.6 Διὰ Τοῦτο
2.7 Γάρ
2.8 Μέν
2.9 Ἀλλά
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PART 2: FORWARD-POINTING DEVICES
3 Forward-Pointing Reference and Target
3.1 Conventional Explanation
3.2 Discourse Explanation
3.3 Application
3.3.1 Forward-Pointing Interrogatives
3.3.2 Forward-Pointing Demonstratives
3.3.3 Forward-Pointing Adverbs
Summary
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4 Point/Counterpoint Sets
4.1 The Use of Μέν
4.1.1 Conventional Explanation
4.1.2 Discourse Explanation
4.1.3 Application
4.2 The Use of Exception or Restriction
4.2.1 Conventional Explanation
4.2.2 Discourse Explanation
4.2.3 Application
4.3 The Use of Ἀλλά to Correct or Replace
4.3.1 Conventional Explanation
4.3.2 Discourse Explanation
4.3.3 Application
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5 Metacomments
5.1 Conventional Explanation
5.2 Discourse Explanation
5.3 Application
5.4 Forward-Pointing Devices Associated with Metacomments
5.4.1 Redundant Vocatives as Forward-Pointing Devices
5.4.2 Attention-Getters as Forward-Pointing Devices
Summary
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6 Historical Present
6.1 Conventional Explanation
6.2 Discourse Explanation
6.3 Application
6.3.1 Discourse-Processing and Segmentation
6.3.2 Discourse-Pragmatic Function/Prominence Marking
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7 Redundant Quotative Frames
7.1 Conventional Explanation
7.2 Discourse Explanation
7.2.1 At Changes in Speaker and Hearer
7.2.2 Within the Same Speaker’s Speech
7.3 Application
7.3.1 At Changes in Speaker and Hearer
7.3.2 Within the Same Speaker’s Speech
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8 Tail-Head Linkage
8.1 Conventional Explanation
8.2 Discourse Explanation
8.3 Application
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PART 3: INFORMATION STRUCTURING DEVICES
9 Information Structure
9.1 Conventional Explanation
9.2 Discourse Explanation
9.2.1 Introduction
9.2.2 Information Structure
9.2.3 Mental Representations
9.2.4 Natural Information Flow
9.2.5 Violating Natural Information Flow and Prominence
9.2.6 Position P2: Emphasis
9.2.7 Position P1: Frames of Reference
9.3 Application to English
9.4 Information Structure Methodologies and the Broader Field of Linguistics
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10 Framing Devices (1)
10.1 Topical Frames
10.2 Temporal Frames
10.3 Spatial Frames
Summary
11 Framing Devices (2)
11.1 Conditional Frames
11.2 Comparative Frames
11.3 Reason/Result Frames
Summary
12 Circumstantial Frames
12.1 Conventional Explanation
12.2 Discourse Explanation
12.3 Application
12.3.1 Nominative Circumstantial Frames
12.3.2 Genitive Circumstantial Frames
12.3.3 Dative and Accusative Circumstantial Frames
12.3.4 Adverbial Participles Following the Main Verb
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13 Emphasis
13.1 Conventional Explanation
13.2 Discourse Explanation
13.3 Application
Summary
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14 Left-Dislocations
14.1 Conventional Explanation
14.2 Linguistic Explanation
14.3 Application
14.3.1 Streamlining the Introduction of New Participants
14.3.2 Processing Function
14.3.3 Discourse-Pragmatic Function
Summary
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PART 4: THEMATIC HIGHLIGHTING DEVICES
15 Overspecification and Right-Dislocation
15.1 Conventional Explanation
15.2 Discourse Explanation
15.2.1 Thematic Highlighting
15.2.2 Recharacterization
15.2.3 Point-of-View Shifts
15.3 Application
Summary
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16 Thematic Addition
16.1 Conventional Explanation
16.2 Discourse Explanation
16.3 Application
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17 Changed Reference and Thematic Address
17.1 Conventional Explanation
17.2 Discourse Explanation
17.3 Application
Summary
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18 Near/Far Distinction
18.1 Conventional Explanation
18.2 Discourse Explanation
18.3 Application
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Runge, S. E. (2010). A Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis (v–ix). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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