Semantics, World View and Bible Translation

Download or read book Semantics, World View and Bible Translation written by Gerrit van Steenbergen and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study draws a number of disciplines together from a Bible translation perspective. It offers a thorough semantic analysis of selected Hebrew lexical items referring to negative moral behaviour in the book of Isaiah, and discusses the implications of the analysis for Hebrew lexicography. The book first offers a critical appraisal of componential analysis of meaning, followed by a number of proposals to improve this analytical tool in order to bring it in line with modern insights from cognitive linguistics.