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  • From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
  • To: hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Participant Reference
  • Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:54:23 -0700

I have been looking into the subject of Participant Reference in narrative
and wondering how the distinction between a new participant and an already
active participant is encoded in biblical Hebrew.

Beyond the obvious use of an anaphoric pronominal, what are the discourse
mechanisms used to indicate that a participant has already been activated?
In other words, when Abraham is mentioned by name the second or third or nth
time in a narrative, how does it differ from Abraham's initial introduction?

greetings,
Clay Bartholomew







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