THE SEMANTICS OF ASPECT AND MODALITY EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH AND BIBLICAL HEBREW -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction - Temporality in Language -- 1.1 Tense and Aspect -- 1.1.1 Reference-Time -- 1.1.2 Modality -- 1.2 The Verbal System in Biblical-Hebrew -- 1.2.1 The Problem -- 1.2.2 The Corpus -- 1.2.3 The Biblical Hebrew Verb System and the Temporal Parameters -- 1.2.4 Method -- NOTES -- Chapter 2. Sequence -- 2.1 Definition of Sequence -- 2.2 The Sequence Aspect in Biblical-Hebrew -- 2.2.1 The Sequential Forms -- 2.2.2 Formulas, Hyhdiyadums and paraphrases -- 2.2.3 wayhi: and wha:ya: -- 2.2.3.1 The Predicative Function of wayhi: and wha:ya: -- 2.2.3.2 The segmentational function of wayhi: and wha:ya: -- 2.2.4 The Non-Sequential Forms -- 2.2.5 The Biblical Hebrew Forms and Tense Interpretation -- NOTES -- Chapter 3. Inclusion: The Progressive Aspect -- 3.1 Definition of The Progressive Aspect -- 3.1.1 Inclusion and the Narrative Discourse -- 3.1.2 The Interaction of the Progressive Aspect with the Aktionsarten -- 3.2 Inclusion in Biblical-Hebrew -- NOTES -- Chapter 4. Modality -- 4.1 Necessity and Possibility -- 4.1.1 Epistemic "must" and "may" -- 4.1.2 Future Statements -- 4.1.3 Conditionals -- 4.1.4 Counterfactuals -- 4.1.5 Generics and Habituais -- 4.1.6 Deontic Modality -- 4.1.7 Negation and Interrogatives -- 4.2 Modality in Biblical Hebrew -- 4.2.1 The Modal Forms -- 4.2.2 The Non-Modal Forms -- 4.3 Conclusion -- NOTES -- Chapter 5. The Perfect Aspect: Simultaneity, Anteriority and Backgrounding -- 5.1 Definition of Perfect -- 5.1.1 Simultaneity -- 5.1.2 Anteriority -- 5.1.3 Backgrounding -- 5.1.4 Counterfactuals -- 5.2 The Perfect Aspect in Biblical Hebrew -- 5.2.1 Simultaneity in BH -- 5.2.2 Anteriority in BH -- 5.2.3 Backgrounding.

5.2.4 The Perfect Aspect and Modality -- 5.2.5 Conclusion -- NOTES -- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.