caa a22 4500 606172238 CHVBK 20210128100727.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11059-015-0300-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11059-015-0300-2 Szili József Miskolc, Hungary aut The monumental language game in Augustine's Confessions [Elektronische Daten] [József Szili] Based on my idea of self-closing textual patterns (Hungarian Studies, 1996/2) I describe a special type, stylistic and rhetorical at once, as a "themes summarizing verbal pattern” (1). Recently I found an elaborate instance of the pattern, hitherto unnoticed, in the Confessions (AD 397) by Augustine (2). In Book 10 it is a centre of the textual and conceptual organization of the work as its components appear in distinct form in Book 1 and act as a premise to the last three Books (3). This "themes summarizing verbal pattern” is an integral part of Augustine's stylistic and rhetorical innovation based on the Bible and the popular use of Latin in North Africa. A clue to Augustine's use of the "themes summarizing verbal pattern” is perhaps his familiarity with Punic linguistic and cultural traditions. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2015 Augustine nationallicence Confessions by Augustine nationallicence Verbal patterns nationallicence Rhetorics nationallicence Stylistics nationallicence The Latin of early Christian authors nationallicence Punic linguistic traditions in North Africa nationallicence Neohelicon Springer Netherlands 42/1(2015-06-01), 211-225 0324-4652 42:1<211 2015 42 11059 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-015-0300-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-015-0300-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Szili József Miskolc, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neohelicon Springer Netherlands 42/1(2015-06-01), 211-225 0324-4652 42:1<211 2015 42 11059