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

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...

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Superior document:Linguistic Biblical Studies, Volume 10
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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.
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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.