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