Counterpoint: the power of initial relative to what scholars often think of an unnecessary definitions of things none of them know because they don't exist in the tradition.
David Parris works through key features in Matthew 17, exploring how semantic frames are activated along the way and how those activated frames influence and mold how the story is read.
Parris (2020) "Metaphorical Blends, Linguistics, and Frames in Matthew’s Account of Jesus’ Transfiguration and the Healing of the Boy (Matthew 17:1–20)"
Rhodes (2018) "Frames and exegesis." Rhodes shows how frame semantics are relevant to exegesis: chair vocabulary in Koine Greek involves cultural knowledge not present in English chair vocabulary. The frames evoked by individual lexical items affect our ability to understand the biblical text.
von Thaden emphasizes how understanding the semantic frames of ancient cultures is necessary understanding background information that ancient writers and readers would have automatically. He discusses possible pitfalls of misunderstanding with conceptual frames involving family and children.
von Thaden (2015) "Families, Children, and Askesis: Framing Christ-Believing Bodies."
Currier illustrates from Proverbs' discussions of the rich and the poor how linguistic meaning is more than just words. Instead words, and other meaningful units function as prompts for conceptualization (meaning construction).
Beth Currier (2015) "More Than Words: A Conceptual Approach to Wealth and Poverty and the Rich and the Poor in the Book of Proverbs"