Postclassical Greek Prepositions and Conceptual Metaphor: Cognitive Semantic Analysis and Biblical Interpretation

by Runge, Ross, William A.

Traditional semantic description of Ancient Greek prepositions has struggled to synthesize the varied and seemingly arbitrary uses into something other than a disparate, sometimes overlapping list of senses. The Cognitive Linguistic approach of prototype theory holds that the meanings of a preposition are better explained as a semantic network of related senses that radially extend from a primary, spatial sense. These radial extensions arise from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110774046
• ISBN13: 9783110774047
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"