After zorns lemma, he made the hapax legomena films, a series of seven films of which is the most well known. Hapax legomena are quite common, as a consequence of zipfs law,2 this implies that zipfs law causes languages to be designed in a certain way. Oct, 2014 hapax legomena are words used only once in a given text say, hamlet or a given body of work say, shakespeares plays. For our purposes, hapax legomena refers to greek words used only once in the new testament.
As part of my study, i want to examine how a particular translation has dealt with rare terms in his rendering of the four gospels. Some are introduced for the sake of assonance comp. Maybe not in sheer power or length of time serving justice, but ever since the day she saved me from a hellion thug, i knew id been wrong about those tights, and shes what i call a real hero. In biblical studies, the context is taken to be either the hebrew bible in its entirety, or the greek new testament in its entirety. Mark barnes has now created pb files for both nt and ot hapax legomena.
You can complete the translation of hapax legomenon given by the french definition dictionary with other dictionaries such as. Hapax legomenon definition is a word or form occurring only once in a document or corpus. But if youve made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. A method for finding hapax legomena in the gospels if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Frampton burning slowly his an nostalgia black and white photograph who his taken on a hot plate.
You wouldnt believe how long i spent writing this one. The document contains two lists, one in scripture order, and one in alphabetical order. My question is did it ever exist in the wild before some guy included it in his dictionary. A hollis frampton odyssey 19661979 1080p criterion bluray x264gcjm. The article should say that the occurrences of hapax legomena are described by zipfs law to be quite common. A word occuring only once within a given context such as the works of an author or a single text. Hapax legomena definition and meaning collins english. The word comes from ancient greek, and means something only said once in this context, a word that occurs twice is called dis legomenon.
Zorns lemma 1970, named after a proposition in mathematical set theory, is arguably framptons most important work. Newest hapaxlegomenon questions biblical hermeneutics. Hapax legomenon simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In the literary portion of this thesis, the phenomenon of retranslation will be defined and. The term is sometimes incorrectly used to describe a. Hollis frampton 19361984 released his first film in 1966 at the age of 30. Hapax legomena are words used only once in a given text say, hamlet or a given body of work say, shakespeares plays. Hapax legomenon definition of hapax legomenon by merriam. With reverso you can find the french translation, definition or synonym for hapax legomenon and thousands of other words. The situation with greek is much different, and its certainly true, as the op suggests, that most hapax legomena within the greek nt have attestation elsewhere in the corpus of greek literature both ancient and koine. Hapax legomenon definition of hapax legomenon by the.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. May 30, 2012 list of hebrew hapax legomena the christian way of life isnt so much an assignment to be performed, as a gift to be received. See the definition, listen to the word, then try to spell it correctly. This striking release offers a collection of 24 works ranging from 1966 to 1979 by the renowned avantgarde filmmaker hollis frampton, which turned many of the premises of contemporary filmmaking on their heads, and changed the face of experimental art. Hapax legomena definition of hapax legomena by the free. For those not in the know, hapax legomenon is at the pinnacle of paragon citys finest heroes. These phrases are often idiomatic, and are frustrating to translate, as they have no other contexts from which to glark their meaning my father once wrote a short story called hapax legomenon, which was about a ghost that was. Based on the shape of the curve described by zipfs law, surprisingly often about half of the words in a corpus end up having only a single occurrence, making them hapax legomena. In poetic justice, the second short film in the filmmakers series hapax legomena, hollis frampton challenges the viewer to something very difficult for the average person. The old english poem beowulf has many hapax legomena.
Nostalgia on imdb official site of hollis frampton criterion collection essay. Sep 08, 2015 man struggles with daily life and succumbs to his instinctual war cry. Annette michelson returned to new york from france in the mid1960s with. A method for finding hapax legomena in the gospels hi. For large corpora, about 40% to 60% of the words counting by type are hapax legomena, and another 10% to 15% are dis legomena. Placed among gifted students, the uncommunicative boy studied french, the second of eight languages he would. In case someone following this thread hasnt found out.
All english words that begin with h related terms of. March 11, 1936 march 30, 1984 was an american avantgarde. Information and translations of hapax legomenon in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Note that hapax legomenon refers to a words appearance in a body of text and to neither its origin nor its prevalence in speech. Hollis frampton at buffalo the university at buffalo. Oh no it isnt, maeve, its greek maeve on august 10, 2010 10.
Several of these films explored the relation between sound and cinema, an area often disregarded in american avantgarde film, by demonstrating a disjointed relationship between the two. Hapax legomenon simple english wikipedia, the free. Cracking the gre literature subject test, 6th edition graduate school test preparation is helpful for testprep advice and general lists, but its not enough to ace the test. List of new testament hapax legomena logos bible software. Hollis frampton, notes on nostalgia, film culture, 4535455. In general, these sources have been long known and well catalogued. But everybody acknowledges that paul wrote 2 corinthians, so if you go by hapax legomenon, words found only once, in this letter and nowhere else in paul, then youd have to say that 2 corinthians on this basis is not pauline. Man struggles with daily life and succumbs to his instinctual war cry. Feb 20, 20 heres a list of nt hapax legomena generated from logos 5, with a bit of manipulating in excel.
Your guide to eight basic christian beliefs, isbn, page 19, never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax. Hollis frampton odyssey by hollis frampton hollis frampton. Retranslation is the act of translating a document that has already been translated at least one time. Whether youre a student, an educator, or a lifelong learner, can put you on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement. Translation for hapax legomenon in the free englishgreek dictionary and many other greek translations. The subsection discussed will consist primarily ofthose hapax legomenathat are either monomorphemic or are at least. Hapax legomenon definition of hapax legomenon by the free. Hapax legomena can occur either in a single text or in an authors entire works of literature, and they appear in ancient languagesgreek, roman, hebrew, old englishas well as in computer science programming languages. List of hebrew hapax legomena the christian way of life isnt so much an assignment to be performed, as a gift to be received.
Many a paper has been written on the homeric hapax legomena in the iliad and the odyssey. A hapax legomenon is a word that is only occurs once in a corpus of text. Wikipedia, lexilogos, larousse dictionary, le robert, oxford, grevisse. Highly erudite, with a command of latin, ancient greek, french, and.
Books 1720, isbn, page 53, he includes tables which give the number and. Hapax legomena are quite common, as predicted by zipfs law, which states that the frequency of any word in a work corpus is inversely related to its rank in the frequency table. Im a canadian student, working on my phd in scripture in ireland right now. It thus differs from a nonce word, which may never be recorded, or which may find currency and may be widely recorded, or which may appear several times in the work which coins it, and so on. Direct download a hollis frampton odyssey 19661979 1080p.
Download our english dictionary apps available for both ios and android. A hapax legomenon is a word or phase that is unique. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing hapax legomena iiii near you. Hapax legomenon definition and meaning collins english. Sometimes the meaning of a hapax legomenon can be easily guessed from the context. A hapax legomenon usually refers to a word that only occurs once in a closed corpus of text. I held it truth, with him who sings to one clear harp in divers tones, that men may rise on steppingstones of their dead selves to higher things. The following is an alphabetical list of the absolute or strict hapax legomena of each book. Words that shakespeare only used once hapaxes in shakespeare and ten letters of henry neville a hapax legomenon is a word which an author only uses once. Nostalgia hapax legomena i hollis frampton the filmmakers. Aug 22, 20 a vocabulary list featuring hapax legomenon. It appears only one time in an entire body of text.
The influence of the principles of orality on the literary structure of pauls epistle to the philippians, page 89, footnote, is a new testament hapax legomenon. It is commonly used for words and phrases that appear only once in the history of recorded work. If youre frightened of dying and youre holding on, youll see devils tearing your life away. French journalist and writer, one of the creators of realism in literature. Is there a method to find hapax legomena with accordance.
69 547 236 1026 599 1411 723 141 285 254 1223 1115 1332 816 486 1161 63 1187 1327 156 46 1466 741 384 987 1153 686 344 1185 1444 690 360 231 552 218 570