Philomen Probert

Early Greek Relative Clauses

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Produktbeschreibung

Considering material as diverse as the Homeric poems, laws inscribed in stone on the island of Crete, and the philosophical prose of Heraclitus, Early Greek Relative Clauses considers the uses and histories of different relative clause types, particularly those found in early Greek.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9780198713821
• ISBN-10: 0198713827
• Artikelnr.: 47864997

Autorenporträt

Philomen Probert is University Lecturer in Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wolfson College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements * General Abbreviations * Abbreviations for Grammatical Categories * Ancient Authors and Works, with Editions Used * Epigraphic and Papyrological Publications * Symbols * 1: Introduction * 2: Proto-Indo-European, Greek, and Primitive Languages: The Last 150 Years * 3: Approaches to Proto-Indo-European Relative Clauses * 4: What is a Relative Clause? * 5: Definiteness and Related Concepts * 6: Varieties of Greek Relative Clause * 7: Matters of Case * 8: Forays into Early Greek Relative Clauses in Non-epic Genres * 9: Postnominal and Inherently Maximalizing Relative Clauses in Homer * 10: How Does Homer Choose between Inherently Maximalizing Constructions? * 11: How Does Homer Choose between
,
,
, and
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? * 12: Homeric Relative Clauses in Direct Speech and Narrative * 13: Cretan Inscriptions to 400 BC * 14: Against Four Syntactic Relics and For One * 15: Conclusions * References * Glossary of Technical Terms