From: c stirling bartholomew (cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 21:35:20 EDT
on 9/26/01 3:10 PM, Wayne Leman wrote:
> Clay, I still think you were on the right track, although the track may be
> more than just two rails perfectly spaced. The very fact that there is no
> good reason to have a full noun or pronoun after a participant is introduced
> in a discourse or re-introduced after a certain span is an important
> discourse fact. It reflects cognitive strategies of economy and greater need
> ("motivation", which results is a kind of "prominence") on other information
> (such as individual events) than participants once participants have been
> introduced.
Thanks Wayne for the encouraging words,
I have taken another close look at Mk:1:1-9. What is happening in Mk 1:9A,
in discourse terminology, is the re-introduction of the discourse
global-VIP, after a paragraph about John the Baptist (Mk 1:4-8). Mk 1:9b
then brings the two participants together, Jesus and John the Baptist. What
is significant from a participant reference perspective is the elaborate and
full encoding of the discourse global-VIP in Mk1:9A:
IHSOUS APO NAZARET THS GALILAIAS
This level of encoding exceeds the "full noun phrase" and might require a
more exalted category like the "overly full noun phrase."
The first half Mk 1:9 gets IHSOUS back on in the story and the second half
of the verse takes up the story and moves it forward with some action.
thanks again, greetings,
clay
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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
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