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Tables of Contents for Anglo-Saxon Audiences
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
10
The challenge of other minds
1
1
Semiotic approaches to Anglo-Saxon minds
1
8
Time as an element in semiotic approaches to Anglo-Saxon minds
9
2
Anglo-Saxon Royal Codes and Audiences
11
20
Establishing an audience for the laws of the king
11
1
Definitional preliminaries
12
1
The problem of ``aeghwelc mon'' in Anglo-Saxon royal codes
13
1
Scope and reference in quantifiers
14
4
A semiotic tradition in royal codes
18
6
Sources of presuppositions for the first law in Alfred's code
24
4
Discussion
28
3
Homiletic Speech Acts and Inculcation
31
52
Cultural and clerical contexts
31
3
On speech acts as a form of parenesis
34
1
Method
35
4
Hallidayan grammar and speech acts
39
15
Rhetorical variation
54
2
Authorities, witnesses, and speech acts
56
3
Form and theme in speech acts
59
1
On the need to obey God the Father
59
9
Speech acts in the family and community
68
11
Conclusion
79
4
The Exploration of Mind in Beowulf
83
54
Contrasts in directing and exploring minds
83
2
Exploratory perspectives on modes of thought and feeling
85
6
The sentinel scene
91
7
The narrator's perspective on the flying episode
98
3
Succession in hall scenes: Heorot and elsewhere
101
7
Consultation in Hygelac's hall and Freawaru's marriage
108
5
The tradition of leave-taking scenes
113
4
The tradition of the death song
117
5
Phrases for the mind of God
122
9
Conclusion
131
6
Poems for Audiences in Crisis
137
40
Themes on the future in Anglo-Saxon discourse
137
1
Discourse and the presuppositions of Anglo-Saxon audiences
137
1
The need for discourse on uncertain power and times
138
7
Apprehension and discourse in The Battle of Maldon
145
12
Apprehension and discourse in three Exeter Book poems
157
1
Apprehension in Deor
158
6
Apprehension, displacement, and the possibility of deliverance
164
1
Apprehension and The Wanderer's form and language
165
4
The voice of The Seafarer and eleventh century apprehension
169
4
Conclusion
173
4
Notes
177
32
Bibliography
209
16
Index
225