Paul Danove, «The Licensing Properties of New Testament Verbs of Non-Spoken Communication», Vol. 24 (2011) 41-58
This article resolves the semantic, syntactic, and lexical requirements for the grammatical use of the twenty-nine New Testament verbs that designate communication without a necessary reference to speaking. The discussion establishes criteria for distinguishing verbal usages, identifies four basic usages of non-spoken communication, and examines the conditions for the permissible omission of required complements. The presentation of the licensing properties of verbs with the four basic usages clarifies the similarities and dissimilarities in the realizations of complements for verbs of non-spoken and spoken communication and illustrates two further usages that are restricted to verbs of non-spoken communication. The concluding discussion considers patterns in the distribution of complements and usages among verbs of non-spoken communication.
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διὸ γνωρίζω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶϛ ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ λαλῶν λέγει· 'Ανάθεμα
'Ιησοῦ (1 Cor 12,3)
Therefore, I want to make known to you that no one speaking by the
Spirit of God says, “Let Jesus be cursed”.
οὐκ εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ’Ιησοῦς ὅτι οὐκ ἀποθνῇσκει (John 21,23)
Jesus did not say to him that he would not die.
The V+pron realizations of the Content are the ὅ (who, what) clause
(V+ὅ), the ὅσον (how much, how many) clause (V+ὅσον), the ποῖον (what
sort of) clause (V+ποῖον), and the τί (who, what) clause (V+τί). The V+ὅ
Contnet occurs with the N+dat and DNC Experiencer with three verbs
(7):7
δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα (Rev 4,1)
I will show to you what must happen after these things.
πορευθέντεϛ ἀπαγγείλατε 'Ιωάννῃ ἃ εἴδετε καὶ ἠκούσατε (Luke 7,22)
Going forth, announce to John what you saw and heard.
The V+ὄσον Content occurs with the N+dat and DNC Experiencer
with two verbs (2):8
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑποδείξω αὐτῷ ὄσα δεῖ αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματόϛ μου παθεῖν
(Acts 9,16)
For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name.
ἀπάγγειλον αὐτοῖς ὅσα ὁ κὑριός σοι πεποίηκεν (Mark 5,19)
Tell them how many things the Lord has done for you.
The V+ποῖον Content occurs with the DNC Experiencer with one
verb (3):9
τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ ἤμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν (John
12,33)
He was saying this, indicating by what sort of death he was about to die.
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AC/E, V+ὅ/N+dat: γράφω (1), 2 Cor 1,13; δείκνυμι (3), Rev 1,1; 4,1; 22,6; V+ὅ/DNC:
ἀναδείκνυμι (1), Acts 1,24; γράφω (2), Rev 1,11.19.
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AC/E, V+ὅσον/N+dat: ὑποδείκνυμι (1), Acts 9,16; V+ὅσον/DNC: γράφω (1), Rom
15,4.
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AC/E, V+ποῖον/DNC: σημαίνω (3), John 12,33; 18,32; 21,19.