Hearing Mark's endings : listening to ancient popular texts through speech act theory - Upton, Bridget Gilfillan (Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 2006)
Orality and aurality in the ancient world -- Oral language in antiquity : what might a text designed for hearers look like? -- Repetition in Xenophon of Ephesus : an Ephesian tale 5.13-5.15 -- Repetition in Mark 15:40-16:8 -- Speech act theory as an appropriate branch of pragmatics -- A speech act reading of Xenophon of Ephesus : an Ephesian tale 5.13.1-5.15.4 -- A speech act reading of Mark 16:1-8 -- A speech act reading : 'the longer ending' -- A speech act reading : 'the shorter ending' -- Conclusion -- Appendices: Texts.
Keywords: Xenophon, of Ephesus. Ephesiaca.Bible. Mark, XV, 40-XVI, 20--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Speech acts (Linguistics)