Dear Prof. Niccacci,
Many thanks for your helpful clarification, and confirmation that what
I was saying to Rolf Furuli was not so wide of the mark. I think you
are understanding my viewpoint well. Exodus 2:4 is a clear example of
what I am thinking about YIQTOL, as well as being something which
could be analysed as on the borderline of indirect speech (a
borderline which may not be meaningful in Hebrew). I will try to find
your article to follow this up further.
I suppose I was working on Rolf's definition of deictic point, after
he rejected any suggestions that the deictic point could be at any
time other than the time of speaking or writing. Maybe your suggested
approach to identifying the deictic point is more helpful. But I note
that in English and other Indo-European languages the verb form in a
subordinate clauses can be analysed as dependent on the relationship
of the event time to TWO possible deictic points, both the time of the
main clause event and the time of speaking or writing. So care needs
to be taken with definitions here.
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