Classical Greek syntax : Wackernagel's law in Herodotus /
Goldstein, David M., 1976-
Classical Greek syntax : Wackernagel's law in Herodotus / Wackernagel's law in Herodotus By David Goldstein. - 1 online resource. - Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics ; 16 . - Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics 16. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287457. .
Revision of thesis,
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Introduction -- Greek Syntax and Surface Word Order -- The Prosody of Greek Clitics -- The Syntax of Clitics -- Topicalization -- Focus Preposing -- Participles -- Infinitive Complements -- Conclusion and Prospects -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
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In Classical Greek Syntax: Wackernagel's Law in Herodotus , David Goldstein offers the first theoretically-informed study of second-position clitics in Ancient Greek and challenges the long-standing belief that Greek word order is ‟free” or beyond the reach of systematic analysis. On the basis of Herodotus’ Histories, he demonstrates that there are in fact systematic correspondences between clause structure and meaning. Crucial to this new model of the Greek clause is Wackernagel’s Law, the generalization that enclitics and postpositives occur in ‟second position,” as these classes of words provide a stable anchor for analyzing sentence structure. The results of this work not only restore word order as an interpretive dimension of Greek texts, but also provide a framework for the investigation of other areas of syntax in Greek, as well as archaic Indo-European more broadly.
9789004250680
10.1163/9789004250680 DOI
2015036415
Herodotus. History.
Wackernagel, Jacob, 1853-1938.
Greek language--Syntax.
PA367 / .G65 2015
485
Classical Greek syntax : Wackernagel's law in Herodotus / Wackernagel's law in Herodotus By David Goldstein. - 1 online resource. - Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics ; 16 . - Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics 16. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287457. .
Revision of thesis,
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Introduction -- Greek Syntax and Surface Word Order -- The Prosody of Greek Clitics -- The Syntax of Clitics -- Topicalization -- Focus Preposing -- Participles -- Infinitive Complements -- Conclusion and Prospects -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
In Classical Greek Syntax: Wackernagel's Law in Herodotus , David Goldstein offers the first theoretically-informed study of second-position clitics in Ancient Greek and challenges the long-standing belief that Greek word order is ‟free” or beyond the reach of systematic analysis. On the basis of Herodotus’ Histories, he demonstrates that there are in fact systematic correspondences between clause structure and meaning. Crucial to this new model of the Greek clause is Wackernagel’s Law, the generalization that enclitics and postpositives occur in ‟second position,” as these classes of words provide a stable anchor for analyzing sentence structure. The results of this work not only restore word order as an interpretive dimension of Greek texts, but also provide a framework for the investigation of other areas of syntax in Greek, as well as archaic Indo-European more broadly.
9789004250680
10.1163/9789004250680 DOI
2015036415
Herodotus. History.
Wackernagel, Jacob, 1853-1938.
Greek language--Syntax.
PA367 / .G65 2015
485