At 11:39 AM 1/30/97 -0800, you wrote: >I'd like to learn about discourse analysis, both how to do it and >what sort of results to hoipe for (that is, why do it?). Can anyone >suggest books on the subject? Thanks. David Alan Black, Linguistics for Students of NT Greek, has some good introductory material and a nice bibliography. From that bibliography, I also have Nida, Louw, Snyman, Cronje, Style and Discourse, with special reference the text of the Greek NT. Excellent coverage of the subject, in my estimation. Randall McRoberts rmcrob@iquest.net or rcm@bioanalytical.com Check out my Biblical Studies website at http://www.holli.com/~rmcrob "Apply yourself wholly to the text; apply the text wholly to yourself." - Johann Albrecht Bengel