In this paper I will discuss the role of the Old Church Slavonic textual connector že (‘Ø, and, but’) in the structuring of discourse. The hypothesis that considers it an adversative/additive conjunction, established in the practice of lexicographers and grammarians, will be rejected and it will be shown that že is best defined as a development marker, since its core function is to signal the interruption of a preceding thematic chain and the beginning of a new one. Particular attention will be devoted to the mismatches between the Old Church Slavonic translation of the Gospel and its Greek Vorlage.
Translating Connectors: The Case of Old Church Slavonic / DI MANNO, Andrea. - In: REVUE ROUMAINE DE LINGUISTIQUE. - ISSN 0035-3957. - 65/3(2020), pp. 249-260. (Intervento presentato al convegno Approaches to Discourse-Relational Devices (DRDs): Textual Connectors, Discourse Markers, Modal Particles tenutosi a University of Bucharest).
Translating Connectors: The Case of Old Church Slavonic
Di Manno Andrea
2020
Abstract
In this paper I will discuss the role of the Old Church Slavonic textual connector že (‘Ø, and, but’) in the structuring of discourse. The hypothesis that considers it an adversative/additive conjunction, established in the practice of lexicographers and grammarians, will be rejected and it will be shown that že is best defined as a development marker, since its core function is to signal the interruption of a preceding thematic chain and the beginning of a new one. Particular attention will be devoted to the mismatches between the Old Church Slavonic translation of the Gospel and its Greek Vorlage.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
