Repetition, communication, and meaning in the ancient world
edited by Deborah Beck.
Bok Engelsk 2021 International Conference on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World,· Conference papers and proceedings.
| Omfang | ix, 401 pages : : illustrations (some color), map ;
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| Opplysninger | Conference proceedings of the thirteenth meeting of the biennial international conference "Orality and Literacy" held in March, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin (Texas) on the theme of "Repetition".. - "This edited volume, arising from the 2019 conference "Orality and Literacy: Repetition," explores some of the many forms and uses of repetition, in poetry, philosophy, and inscriptions, from Homeric epic through the Latin novel and the Gospels to reception in the twentieth century. All human communication depends on repeating signs that are comprehensible to the speaker and the addressee. Yet "repetition" takes many specific forms, in different performance contexts, time periods, and literary genres. Repetition may operate within one utterance, or across several times, places, and artists. The relationship between two repeated utterances cannot always be determined with certainty. But repetition offers exciting ways to understand the communicative process in oral and literate contexts across the ancient world"--
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| ISBN | 9789004466623
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