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Participants in Old Testament texts and the translator : reference devices and their rhetorical impact

Title: Participants in Old Testament texts and the translator : reference devices and their rhetorical impact / L.J. de Regt.
Author: Regt, L. J. de, 1960-
Publication: Assen : Van Gorcum, 1999.

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Description

119 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Studia Semitica Neerlandica ; 39

Uniform Title

Studia Semitica Neerlandica ; 39.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-107) and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction. 1.1. The designation of participants: some cross-linguistic observations. 1.2. Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. 1.3. A note on participant introduction as a translation problem -- 2. Usual Patterns. 2.1. Paragraphs and distinct actions. 2.2. Major and minor participants -- 3. Special Patterns. 3.1. Overspecification. 3.2. Initial underspecification: full identification of major participants delayed. 3.3. Rhetorically significant order in one constituent. 3.4. Change of number ('numeruswechsel') in Deuteronomy. 3.5. Pronominal or inflectional references to a quoted participant. 3.6. One participant, different names: seams in the text? -- 4. General Conclusions. 4.1. Usual patterns. 4.2. Special patterns. 4.3. The translator.

ISBN

9023234448
9789023234449

LCCN

99203385
NEKBT00110429
SBBT1848885

OCLC

ocn247439258
247439258
SCSB-766573

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Princeton University Library