On Performatives in Aramaic Documents
Updated by:
Neta Rozenblit
Research notes:
NR\Reader Checked\19/11/2014
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2013
Full title:
On Performatives in Aramaic Documents
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Aramaic Studies
Volume:
11
Issue / Series Volume:
1
Pages:
47 – 52
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
This article argues for the presence of performative sentences in early Aramaic documents, giving two examples—one from the Wadi Murabbaʿat divorce document and the other from an Elephantine letter. It is suggested that the use of a compound, consisting of a preposition and a demonstrative pronoun, to reinforce the performative function of the participle, parallels the use of “hereby” in English.
URL:
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/17455227-13110101;jsessionid=5e6ivlohfwhvc.x-brill-live-02
Label:
30/06/2014
Record number:
98 135