Abstract Much attention has been paid to ‘deictic shifts’ in Ancient Greek literary texts. In this article I show that similar phenomena can be found in documentary texts. Contracts in particular display unexpected shifts from the first to the third person or vice versa. Rather than constituting a narrative technique, I argue that such shifts should be related to the existence of two major types of stylization, called the ‘objective’ and the ‘subjective’ style. In objectively styled contracts, subjective intrusions may occur as a result of the scribe temporarily assuming himself to be the deictic center, whereas in subjectively styled contracts objective intrusions may occur as a result of the contracting parties dictating to the scribe, and the scribe not modifying the personal references. There are also a couple of texts which display more extensive deictic alternations, which suggests that generic confusion between the two major types of stylization may have played a role.

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希腊契约写作中的指示性转换（I – IV AD）

摘要 古希腊文学文本中的“指示转换”备受关注。在这篇文章中，我展示了类似的现象可以在文献文本中找到。合同尤其显示出从第一人到第三人的意外转变，反之亦然。与其构成一种叙事技巧，我认为这种转变应该与两种主要类型的风格化的存在有关，称为“客观”和“主观”风格。在客观风格的合同中，由于抄写员暂时假设自己是指示中心，可能会发生主观侵入，而在主观风格的合同中，由于缔约方向抄写员口述而抄写员没有修改，可能会发生客观侵入个人参考。