The representation of speech events in Chariton's Callirhoe and the Acts of the Apostles / / Adrian T. Smith.

• Superior document: Linguistic Biblical Studies, Volume 10
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Adrian T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Linguistic biblical studies ; Volume 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (620 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In The Representation of Speech Events in Chariton's Callirhoe and the Acts of the Apostles , Adrian T. Smith summarizes cross-linguistic research on how and why narrators vary the formulae that introduce direct speech. This research is applied to Chariton and to Acts. The findings demonstrate that narrators vary quotation formulae for numerous pragmatic purposes, including the tracking of conversational dynamics via a set of 'marked' and 'unmarked' quotation devices.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Part 1 – Introduction -- Research on Classical and Medieval Languages -- Research on Modern English -- Research on Other Modern Western Languages -- Research on Modern Non-Western Languages -- Part 2 – Introduction -- An Overview of the Literary Criticism of Chariton -- A Pilot Study of Speech Representation in Chariton Books 1–2 -- The Textual Criticism of Chariton in Relation to Speech Margins -- The Discourse Pragmatics of Chariton’s Speech Margins -- Part 3 – Introduction -- A Pilot Study of the Representation of Speech Events in Acts 8–14 -- Database of Direct Speech in Acts -- Reported Conversation in Acts -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources.