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2. The Conjunction Wa in CBH

Chapter of: The Verb in Classical Hebrew: The Linguistic Reality behind the Consecutive Tenses(pp. 79–154)

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Title2. The Conjunction Wa in CBH
ContributorBo Isaksson(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0414.02
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0414/chapters/10.11647/obp.0414.02
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightBo Isaksson
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2024-09-17
Long abstractThis chapter describes the Old Semitic conjunction wa- in Classical Hebrew, and its use in other Semitic languages. In all instances, a wa-clause relates to the preceding clause(s). The meanings perceived in wa- are relational meanings, such as simultaneity, temporal succession, conditionality, reason, result, and conclusion. The meaning that wa- is perceived to possess is determined by the semantic relation between the two clauses. It turns out that the principal syntactic distinction in Classical Hebrew is not between ‘consecutive waw’ and ‘copulative waw’, but between discourse continuity clauses and discontinuity clauses. In this distinction, wa- plays a fundamental role in the formation of the principal continuity clause-type in Classical Hebrew prose: wa-Verb.
Page rangepp. 79–154
Print length76 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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Bo Isaksson

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Professor Emeritus at Uppsala University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-548X

Bo Isaksson (PhD, Uppsala University 1987) is Professor Emeritus of Semitic Languages at Uppsala University. His research concerns Classical Hebrew text linguistics and Arabic dialectology. In recent years he has initiated two international research projects on clause linking in Semitic languages which have generated the publications Clause Combining in Semitic (AKM 96, Harrassowitz 2015), Strategies of Clause Linking in Semitic Languages (AKM 93, Harrassowitz 2014), and Circumstantial Qualifiers in Semitic: The Case of Arabic and Hebrew (AKM 70, Harrassowitz 2009). These projects have formed the basis for the research presented in this book.