tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143916202011-04-22T01:41:44.567-04:00This site is for discussions related to linguistics and the relation of our understanding of what language is and how it works to pastoral practice. This includes, but is not limited to, exegesis and hermeneutics as well as proclamation of the Gospel.dm42http://www.blogger.com/profile/07473620601613191994noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14391620.post-1137287733238742012006-01-14T20:12:00.000-05:002006-01-14T20:17:33.400-05:00

ABSTRACT: A basic theory of language and cognition upon which was based the paper A Sub-Symbolic Language and the Inspiration of Scripture. <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P.sdfootnote { margin-left: 0.2in; text-indent: -0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 10pt } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } P.first-line-indent { text-indent: 0.2in } A.sdfootnoteanc { font-size: 57% }

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ABSTRACT:The following pages discuss recent developments in the sciences of linguistics and human cognition as they relate to language. The aim is to determine whether or not these developments can assist the theologian in his task of understanding the scriptures. The primary question to be answered is whether the use of the information gained from these sciences would deny the doctrine of the

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The goal is not to reduce the Gospel to one of its words, but to proclaim it in its fullness, to use all its ways of being said. The goal is, in addition to proclaiming the Gospel as a divine, powerful Word, to proclaim it is a profound and richly textured human word. (p. 24)--To be fair, I should note that this was a book that was assigned as part of my Homeletics course at the seminary in

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Originally this blog was conceived to simply be a place to help people learn the Greek language. In the process of (re)learning Koine Greek for my studies, I became involved at a much more fundamental level of understanding language. I've decided to repurpose this site for use in discussions related to linguistics and the relation of our understanding of what language is and how it works to

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Learning vocabulary is one of the most important building blocks to learning any new language. The problem arises if you are unaccustomed to memorization. Here are a handful of tips and ideas to help optimize your time spent memorizing vocabulary.First, be sure to study in a quiet place away from distractions whenever possible. This will allow you to concentrate on the task at hand.Second,

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So much to say, so little time to type... On this blog I hope to bring my perspective on language pedagogy and learning theory to better equip beginning Greek students master the necessary fundamentals of Koine Greek as quickly and thoroughly as possible. The site is intended to provide tips, tricks and strategies as well as a learning philosophy that can be utilized.Unfortunately, I'm beginning

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