53 VERBS OF TRANSFERENCE AND THEIR DERIVATIVES OF MOTION AND STATE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: A STUDY OF FOCUS AND PERSPECTIVE PAUL DANOVE This article identifies 102 New Testament verbs that designate transference and describes alternative usages of these verbs as derivates of motion and state. The discussion first considers the manner in which verbs grammaticalize the event of transference by assuming a particular focus and perspective on its elements and by indicating the degree of affectedness of the subject. The study then develops the usages of motion and state in terms of the exclusion of elements of the event of transference and changes in focus and perspective. A concluding discussion summarizes the results of the investigation. 1. Grammaticalizing the Event of Transference The event of transference logically involves four entities: one who transfers, something that is transferred, the locale from which something moves, and the locale to which something moves. These entities receive the semantic descriptions, Agent (the entity that actively instigates an action), Theme (the entity moving from one place to another or located in a place), Source (the literal or figurative entity from which something moves), and Goal (the literal or figurative entity towards which something moves)1. In this event, the Theme is coincident with the Source at the beginning of transference and with the Goal at the end of transference. Although the description of the event of transference requires a simultaneous address of four logical entities, Koine verbs can require completion by and so govern without ambiguity the relationships among at most three semantic entities. Verbs address this disparity in logical / semantic requirements by assuming a specific focus and perspective on the These and following definitions of semantic arguments are taken from P. Danove, 1 Linguistics and Exegesis in the Gospel of Mark: Applications of a Case Frame Analysis and Lexicon (JSNTSS 218; SNTG 10; Sheffield 2001) 30-45. Filología Neotestamentaria - Vol. XIX - 2006, pp. 53-72 Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Universidad de Córdoba (España)