Greek prepositions : from antiquity to the present / Pietro Bortone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bortone, Pietro.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Prepositions.

Greek language.

Greek language--Etymology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the most comprehensive history of the Greek prepositional system ever published. It is set within a broad typological context and examines interrelated syntactic, morphological, and semantic change over three millennia. By including, for the first time, Medieval and Modern Greek, Dr Bortone is able to show how the changes in meaning of Greek prepositions follow a clear and recurring pattern of immense theoretical interest. The author opens the book by discussing the relevantbackground issues concerning the function, meaning, and genesis of adpositions and cases. He then traces the deve

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Part I. Background to Greek prepositions; 1 On the function of prepositions; 1.1 Prepositions and related items; 1.2 Prepositions and postpositions; 1.3 Adpositions and cases; 1.4 Adpositions with cases; 1.5 Prepositions and cases as synsemantic expressions; 1.6 Compound prepositions; 1.7 The structure of prepositional phrases; 2 On the meaning of prepositions; 2.1 The meaning(lessness) of cases; 2.2 The meaning(lessness) of prepositions; 2.3 The polysemy of cases and prepositions; 2.4 Contiguity of meanings; 2.5 The role of spatial meanings

2.6 Language acquisition and development2.7 Temporal and other meanings; 2.8 Examples of spatial metaphors; 2.9 Explaining polysemy; 2.10 Parallel and different metaphorizations; 2.11 Additional factors affecting prepositional meaning; 2.12 The ex silentio argument for spatial primacy; 2.13 The direction of semantic change; 2.14 Does diachrony corroborate the localistic hypothesis?; 3 On the development of prepositions; 3.1 Cases and adpositions; 3.2 Sources for prepositions; 3.3 Nouns as a source for adpositions; 3.4 Types of nouns that become adpositions

Part II. The history of Greek prepositions4 Prepositions and cases in Ancient Greek; 4.1 Greek in this study; 4.2 The Classical Greek case system; 4.3 The prepositional syntagms of Classical Greek; 4.4 The differences from prefixes; 4.5 The extent of prepositional use in Classical Greek; 4.6 Pre-Classical insights: the Greek of Homer; 4.7 Case usage in Homer; 4.8 The Classical Greek prepositions in Homer; 4.9 The syntax of Greek adpositions in Homer; 4.10 Before Homer; 4.11 Main synchronic characteristics of the Ancient Greek system; 4.12 Main diachronic trends of the Ancient Greek system

4.13 Contrasting the semantics of synonymous "proper" prepositions4.14 Contrasting the semantics of "proper" and "improper" synonyms; 5 Prepositions and cases in Hellenistic Greek; 5.1 Late Ancient Greek: the Koiné and its problems; 5.2 The plausibility of Biblical Greek; 5.3 The influence of Biblical Greek; 5.4 Prepositional and case usage in Biblical Greek; 5.5 Synopsis of trends in the Koine;́ 6 Prepositions and cases in Medieval Greek; 6.1 Problems with Medieval Greek; 6.2 The choice of Medieval Greek texts; 6.3 The cases and their recession; 6.4 The revolution in case government

6.5 Medieval prepositional usage6.6 One addition to the inventory-or not; 6.7 General observations; 6.8 Semantic mergers; 6.9 Phonetic mergers; 6.10 Losses and births amongst the new; 6.11 Sound changes; 6.12 Parallels in neighbouring languages and their possible influence; 6.13 The compounding of prepositions; 6.14 Which combinations are compounds?; 6.15 The "improper" prepositions in Medieval Greek; 6.16 The exceptions; 6.17 The older prepositions in Medieval Greek; 6.18 Something new in the old; 7 Prepositions and cases in Modern Greek; 7.1 Problems with Modern Greek

7.2 Trouble with the neighbours

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-54448-9

9786612544484

0-19-157175-X

OCLC:

649830283