The Representation of Speech Events in Chariton's Callirhoe and the Acts of the Apostles

621 Pages·2014·2.4 MB·English

by  Adrian T. Smith

TheRepresentationofSpeechEventsinChariton’sCallirhoe
andtheActsoftheApostles
Linguistic Biblical Studies
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The Representation of Speech
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Contents
Preface xi
Abbreviations xii
Glossary xvi
Overview xxiii
part1
TheDiscoursePragmaticsofSpeechMargins—ASurveyof
Research
Introduction 3
1 ResearchonClassicalandMedievalLanguages 8
1.1 BiblicalHebrew 8
1.2 OtherAncientNearEasternLanguages 15
1.3 ClassicalGreek 17
1.4 NewTestamentGreek 33
1.5 Latin 55
1.6 MedievalWesternLanguages 59
1.7 Conclusions 64
2 ResearchonModernEnglish 67
2.1 FunctionalTaxonomies 68
2.2 FormalTaxonomies 81
2.3 ConversationalHistoricalPresent 101
2.4 ConstituentOrder 110
2.5 Conclusions 125
3 ResearchonOtherModernWesternLanguages 127
3.1 French 127
3.2 Spanish 135
3.3 German 140
3.4 Others 142
3.5 Conclusions 145
4 ResearchonModernNon-WesternLanguages 147
4.1 SocioculturalContexts 147
viii contents
4.2 StatusoftheUtterance 150
4.3 ParticipantTracking 159
4.4 ConversationalDynamics 164
4.5 NarrativeContext 177
4.6 Miscellany 185
4.7 Conclusions 188
part2
TheRepresentationofSpeechEventsinChariton’sCallirhoe
Introduction 191
5 AnOverviewoftheLiteraryCriticismofChariton 195
5.1 Introduction 195
5.2 AncientGreekRomances 197
5.3 DateofComposition 198
5.4 LiterarySetting 199
5.5 PlotandStructure 202
5.6 ThemeandPurpose 206
5.7 Readership 210
5.8 LiteraryStyle 215
6 APilotStudyoftheRepresentationofSpeechEventsinChariton
Books1–2 223
6.1 Introduction 223
6.2 ContinuumofSpeechRepresentationModes 224
6.3 DataGathering 228
6.4 SpeechReportVerbs:OutsideDirectDiscourse 237
6.5 SpeechReportVerbs:EmbeddedinDirectDiscourse 259
6.6 Conclusion 265
7 TheTextualCriticismofCharitoninRelationtoSpeechMargins 268
7.1 Introduction 268
7.2 IdentificationofTextualCorruptions 269
7.3 SpeechMarginswithTextualUncertainties 270
7.4 EvaluationoftheData 275
7.5 Conclusion 283
contents ix
8 TheDiscoursePragmaticsofChariton’sSpeechMargins 285
8.1 Introduction 285
8.2 ConversationAnalysis 288
8.3 MonologicDirectSpeech 300
8.4 SimpleExchanges 320
8.5 ComplexandCompoundExchanges 338
8.6 Conclusions 355
part3
TheRepresentationofSpeechEventsintheActsofthe
Apostles
Introduction 369
9 APilotStudyoftheRepresentationofSpeechEventsinActs
8–14 384
9.1 Introduction 384
9.2 Database 384
9.3 Results 409
9.4 Excursus:Participles,Aspect,Temporality,Grounding 431
10 DatabaseofDirectSpeechinActs 435
10.1 Introduction 435
10.2 MonologicDirectSpeech 436
10.3 ConversationalDirectSpeech 442
10.4 TextualCriticism 453
11 ReportedConversationinActs 466
11.1 Introduction 466
11.2 SimpleExchanges 477
11.3 CompoundandComplexExchanges 500
11.4 Conclusion 540
11.5 Excursus:GenesisLXXandLifeofAesop 542
Bibliography 553
IndexofAncientSources 578