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As an introduction to Greek discourse analysis, Linguistics and New Testament Interpretation places special emphasis on its practical application to the language of the New Testament. Its aim is to provide the reader with an understanding of the contribution discourse analysis makes to understanding the NT message. Part I of the book introduces some fundamental principles of discourse analysis....

I will show that we pattern discourse according to our cognitive processes. These processes function at the semantic paragraph level of discourse to categorize a set of paragraph patterns. We shall limit the discussion to written monologue. We shall a) consider what paragraphs patterns are, and b) attempt to define the various paragraph patterns and show the relationships of the various units which make up these patterns in differing semantic genres. Paragraph Patterns Paragraph patterns are a set
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