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Evolution of Direct Discourse Marking from Classical to Late Latin: The Language of Classical Literature, cartea 37

Autor Jana Mikulová
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 sep 2022
If you read a work by Cicero or Seneca and then open The Pilgrimage of Egeria, Augustine, or Gregory of Tours, you will soon notice that Late Latin authors quote authorities differently. They provide a perfect example of synthesising two potentially conflicting traditions – “classical” and “biblical”. This book examines how the system of direct discourse marking developed over the centuries. It focuses on selecting marking means, presents the dynamics of change and suggests factors that might have been at play. The author guides the reader on the path that goes from the Classical prevalence of inquit to the Late innovative mix of marking words including the very classical inquit, an increased use of dico, the newly recruited ait, and dicens, influenced by biblical translations. The book suggests that Late authors tried to make reading and understanding easier by putting quotative words before quotations and increasing the use of redundant combinations (e.g. “he answered saying”).
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004524996
ISBN-10: 9004524991
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Language of Classical Literature


Notă biografică

Jana Mikulová, Ph.D., Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, is interested in the Latin language, especially its development from the Classical to the Late period.

Cuprins

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements

1 Introduction
1.1Corpus of Examined Texts
1.2Data Set for the Analysis

2 Theoretical Preliminaries
2.1Direct Discourse
2.2Structures Similar to Direct Discourse
2.3Direct Discourse Markers
2.4Grammaticalization: How New Quotative Markers Arise

3 The Marking of Direct Discourse in the Examined Texts
3.1Verbal Markers
3.2Non-verbal Markers
3.3Zero Markers
3.4Multiple Marking and Redundancy

4 Discussion
4.1Overview of the Use and Characteristics of Direct Discourse Markers
4.2Factors in Use and Development
4.3Grammaticalization

5 Conclusions

References
Index Locorum