[B-Greek] Caution Re: PNEUMA hAGION as a proper name
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu May 13 13:19:18 EDT 2010
On May 13, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Steve Runge wrote:
> It claims that, if the referent of an anarthrous noun phrase is known and particular (or, to be more exact, if the author assumes that the reader will be able to assign it unique referential identity—see sec. 9.1), this gives it prominence. It is marked as prominent because it is of particular importance.
> Thus, out of the cast of participants involved in events being described by an author, one (or, occasionally, two) may be marked as being most important because they are central to the story at that point. In other words, they are salient (sec. 8.2). Similarly, out of the constituents of a comment about a propositional topic, one or two may be marked as being most important because they are focal in the sentence. Anarthrous references to entities with unique referential identity have a part to play in identifying which participants or constituents are currently important.
That is essentially the same position Hoyle takes. One critical factor is that the article doesn't necessarily indicate "discourse old" only "hearer old" which is an abbreviated version of "the reader will be able to assign it unique referential identity". The noun must be a member of the currently active "scenario" which makes it "hearer old" even if it is "discourse new".
Elizabeth Kline
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