Semantic Domains Was: Re: Definiteness of Anarthrous Nouns in Prepositional Phrases

Francisco Orozco reformer at hmo.megared.net.mx
Wed Jul 26 12:35:34 EDT 2000


Mike Sangrey wrote in part,

> [3] An interesting research project would be to map the words
>     in a letter, say Philippians, to semantic domains.  Then ask, and
>     answer the question, "What semantic domains function analogously to a
>     Global VIP?"  One would use the techniques of participant reference,
>     articularity, point of departure, etc.  I suspect that the major
>     theme(s) of the letter would naturally show prominence and you
>     would have objective evidence as support it.  I also suspect the
>     major breaks in the letter would also surface.

Could you explain a bit more what this research project would involve? (If
you could give me an actual example, let say from a few verses in Phil). Are
there books that directly deal with this?

Thank you,
Francisco Orozco




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