Verbal periphrasis in ancient Greek : have- and be- constructions /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bentein, Klaas (συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
• Θέματα: Ελληνική γλώσσα, Αρχαία > Γραμματική; Ελληνική γλώσσα, Αρχαία > Ποιόν ενεργείας; Περίφραση

"This volume offers a systematic investigation of periphrastic constructions with the verbs 'to be' and 'to have' based on an extensive corpus of texts, ranging from the eighth century BC to the eighth century AD. It clarifies the notions of 'verbal periphrasis' an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 0.1. Preamble
• 0.2. Objectives
• 0.3. Previous research
• 0.4. Data collection and presentation
• 0.5. General outline
• 1. Theoretical Background
• 1.1. Introduction
• 1.2. Factors motivating the use of periphrasis
• 1.3. Register and genre
• 1.4. Aspect
• 1.5. Language change
• 2. `Verbal' and `Adjectival' Periphrasis
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. Background to the debate
• 2.3. prototype-based approach towards verbal periphrasis
• 2.4. Adjectival periphrasis
• 2.5. Conclusion
• 3. Perfect Aspect
• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. Archaic Greek (VIII
• VI BC)
• 3.3. Classical Greek (V
• IV BC)
• 3.4. Early Post-Classical Greek (III
• I BC)
• 3.5. Middle Post-Classical Greek (I
• III AD)
• 3.6. Late Post-Classical and Early Byzantine Greek (IV
• VIII AD)
• 3.7. Conclusion
• 4. Imperfective Aspect
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Archaic Greek (VIII
• VI BC)
• 4.3. Classical Greek (V
• IV BC)
• 4.4. Early Post-Classical Greek (III
• I BC)
• 4.5. Middle Post-Classical Greek (I
• III AD)
• 4.6. Late Post-Classical and Early Byzantine Greek (IV
• VIII AD)
• 4.7. Conclusion
• 5. Perfective Aspect
• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. Functional complexity of (Sf (B (Sl (B (So (B (Sl (B with the aorist participle in the Classical period
• 5.3. Transitivity and the diachrony of periphrasis in Classical (Ancient) Greek.