Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter One. Introduction / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Two. Introduction To Word Order / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Three. Word Order In Single-Modifier Nps / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Four. Word Order In Multiple-Modifier Nps / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Five. The Use Of The Article / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Six. The Articulation Of Np Constituents / S.J. Bakker -- Chapter Seven. Overview / S.J. Bakker -- Index Of Linguistic Terms / S.J. Bakker -- References / S.J. Bakker -- Index Locorum / S.J. Bakker -- General Index / S.J. Bakker.

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The structure of the noun phrase in Ancient Greek is extremely flexible: the various constituents may occur in almost every possible order and each constituent may or may not be preceded by an article. However, the use and function of the various options have received very little attention. This book tries to fill that gap. A functional analysis of the structure of the NP in Herodotus illucidateswhich arguments lead a native speaker in his choice to select one of the various possible NP patterns. The results do not only increase our knowledge of the NP, but also lead to a better interpretation of Ancient Greek texts.