Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 331 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9789004250680
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics volume 16
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004242975
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Goldstein, David M., 1976 - Classical Greek syntax Leiden : Brill, 2016 ISBN 9789004242975
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Herodotus
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Wackernagelsches Gesetz
DOI:
10.1163/9789004250680
Author information:
Goldstein, David M. 1976-
