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| Foreword | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introducing Linguistics: The Landscape and the Quest | |
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| Why Study Linguistics? | |
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| What Is a Linguist? | |
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| What Is Linguistics? | |
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| How Do Linguists Go About Their Work? | |
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| How Does Linguistics Differ from Traditional Grammar? | |
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| How Do Linguists Characterize Language? | |
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| How Is Linguistics Related to Other Fields? | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Phonology: The Sounds of Greek | |
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| Language as Sound | |
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| The Speech Process | |
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| Phonetics: How Sounds Are Made | |
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| Phonemics: Sounds as System | |
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| Common Phonological Processes in Greek | |
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| Why Study Phonology? | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Morphology: The Anatomy of Greek Words | |
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| The Concept of the Morpheme | |
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| The Greek Morphological System | |
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| Why Study Morphology? | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Syntax: The Architecture of the Greek Sentence | |
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| Structure and Content Words | |
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| Immediate Constituent Analysis | |
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| Greek Sentence Patterns | |
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| Expanding the Greek Sentence | |
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| Transformations | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Semantics: Determining Meaning | |
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| Etymology | |
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| Word and Concept | |
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| General and Secondary Meanings | |
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| Synonyms, Hyponyms, and Opposites | |
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| Semantic Classes | |
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| Ambiguity | |
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| Denotation and Connotation | |
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| Idioms | |
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| Rhetorical Language | |
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| Semantic Change | |
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| Analyzing Discourse | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Historical and Comparative Linguistics: The Biography of Greek | |
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| The Indo-European Family of Languages | |
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| The Story of Greek | |
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| Major Characteristics of Koine Greek | |
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| English and Greek | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Discourse Analysis: Getting the Big Picture | |
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| Exemplar: The Discourse Structure of Philippians | |
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| The Primary Text-Sequences of Philippians | |
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| The Primary Sub-Sequences of Philippians | |
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| Summary: The Discourse Structure of Philippians | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Scripture Index | |