The Selection and Function of some Latin Particles by Thomas More in De Tristitia Christi
- Autores: Concepción Cabrillana Leal
- Localización: Wiener Studien: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie und Patristik, ISSN 0084-005X, Nº. 136, 2023, págs. 297-329
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This paper analyses the possible causes of the replacement of certain Latin particles in the text of De Tristitia Christi, the only original Morean manuscript available. In contrast to those who have seen More’s way of proceeding as a kind of excessive and fastidious concern with the choice of a specific particle, the current analysis seeks to show that the author must have possessed a fine knowledge of the possibilities and implications of the particles he uses. The application of the theoretical framework of Functional Discourse Grammar and its distinction of levels (grammatical, textual and situational) helps to identify and explain some of the reasons underlying More’s final choices here. In addition, it is also possible to see the role that various different criteria – stylistic, communicative, lexical, etc. – play in the selections of the author, who took great care to ensure that the message he wanted to convey was indeed clearly rendered.
