Talking About Violence: Clustered Participles in the Speeches of Lysias  

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Rydberg-Cox, Jeff

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Literary and Linguistic Computing vol. 20 no. 2 (Jun. 2005), page 219-235.
Fulltext: Vol 20, 2, p 219-235.pdf (142.87KB)

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This paper explores the Greek participle and its use in the works of Lysias. I will argue that in Lysias’ works, narrative descriptions of violence are characterized by the unusually frequent use of the participle. I will further show that the association of high participle density and narratives about violence are a subset of a larger pattern relating to use of the participle in Lysias’ works. In this pattern, Lysias uses unusually large numbers of participles: (1) only within the narrative and argumentative sections of the speeches; (2) to structure the work and mark the conclusion of narrative arcs and lines of argument; (3) in their role as a structuring device, these passages also provide immediacy and momentum to the argument or narrative descriptions of events; and (4) to mark a return in subject matter to the case at hand and to focus the attention of the jury on the question that is before them.

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