Paul Danove, «The Licensing Properties of New Testament Verbs of Non-Spoken Communication» filologia-neotestamentaria, Vol. 24 (2011) 41-58 page 51

Vol 24 (2011)

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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The Licensing Properties of New Testament Verbs of Non-Spoken Communication 51 ὅν ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν (John 1,45) We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law and the pro- phets. οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὃτι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῖς ἔλεγεν (John 8,27) They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father. The DNC Topic occurs with the DNC Experiencer with one verb (1): οἱ δὲ προσαπειλησάμενοι ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς (Acts 4,21) But the ones threatening [Peter and John, cf. 4,19] [about teaching in Jesus’ name, cf. 4,18] released them. ∆ημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ ὑπὸ αὐτῆϛ τῆϛ ἀληθείαϛ· καὶ ἡμεῖϛ δὲ μαρτυροῦμεν (3 John 12) Demetrius has been testified to by all and by the truth itself, but we also testify [to you, Gaius, cf. v. 1] [about Demetrius]. 4. Usage AEC (Agent Experiencer Content) Usage AEC differs from Usage ACE in raising the Experiencer as the second complement and the Content as the third complement. The only realization of the Experiencer is the accusative case noun phrase (N+acc). The N+acc Experiencer occurs with the V+ὅτι Content with one verb (1): ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶϛ βούλομαι…ὅτι ὁ κύριοϛ ἅπαξ λαὸν ἐκ γῆϛ Αἰγύπτου σώσαϛ τὸ δεύτερον τοὺϛ μὴ πιστεύσανταϛ ἀπώλεσεν (Jude 5) I wish to remind you…that the Lord, one time saving the people from Egypt, the second time destroyed the ones not believing. οὐδὲ ἡ φύσις αὐτὴ διδάσκει ὑμᾶϛ ὅτι ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐὰν κομᾷ ἀτιμία αὐτῷ ἐστιν (1 Cor 11,14) Does not nature itself teach you that, if a man wears long hair, there is dishonor for him? The N+acc Experiencer occurs with the non-maximal infinite phrase whose infinitive retrieves its subject from the second (Experiencer) complement of the governing verb (V-i2) with three verbs (4): 17 17 AE/C, N+acc/V-i2: ἀναμιμνῄσκω (1), 2 Tim 1,6; ὑπομιμνῄσκω (1), Tit 3,1; χρηατίζω (2), Matt 2,12; Acts 10,22.