From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Ambiguous Reference
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:52:54 -0700
Can anyone provided some choice examples from BH narrative of ambiguous
pronominal reference? I am looking for a story where there are two or more
participants and there is at least a potential confusion about who is doing
or saying what to whom?
I am exploring the relationship between pronominal reference and agency in
narrative. The idea is that pronominal reference is tied to agent/patient
roles and only when the agent changes is a full noun phrase required to
disambiguate reference.
I would help a lot if I could have some choice problem passages to look at.
thank you,
Clay Bartholomew
[b-hebrew] Ambiguous Reference,
C. Stirling Bartholomew, 09/30/2004