The Biblical Hebrew Verbal System: A Grammaticalization Approach

adverbial Akkadian Aorist approach aspectual BHVS Biblical Hebrew Biblical Hebrew verbal Binnick Bybee Canaanite claims clause Comrie conjugation context contingent modality contrast Dahl deontic deontic modality diachronic discourse analysis discourse types discourse-pragmatic discussion distinction distinguish durative dynamic endpoint English epistemic event model Ewald examples explained express figure foreground-background foregrounded events gnomic grammar grammaticalization Hatav Hebrew Bible Hebrew verbal system illustrated Imperative implicature interpretation irrealis Jussive labels languages linguistic Longacre morphologically narrative non-past Olsen Pagliuca paragogic parameter past perfect past tense perfective aspect Perkins phasal aspect prefix preterite progressive qatal qatal and yiqtol qotel R-point Rainey reference frame reference point Reichenbach's relationship semantic semelfactive Semitic languages simple past situation aspect situation types stative subinterval property suffix syntactic taxonomy telic temporal succession tense and aspect tense-aspect Ugaritic verb forms viewpoint aspect volitive waw-prefixed forms WAYY:3MS wayyiqtol weqatal West Semitic word order yaqtul Yhwh yiqtol