The future in Greek : from ancient to medieval / Theodore Markopoulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markopoulos, Theodore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--History.

Greek language.

Greek language--Tense--History.

Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)--Tense.

Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.).

Greek language, Medieval and late--Tense.

Greek language, Medieval and late.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The future has exercised students of Modern Greek language developments for many years, and no satisfactory set of arguments for the development of the modern form from the ancient usages has ever been produced. Theodore Markopoulos elucidates the stages that led up to the appearance of the modern future in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He does so by focussing on the three main modes of future referencing ('mello', 'echo', and 'thelo'). He discusses these patterns in theclassical and Hellenistic-Roman periods, the early medieval period (fifth to tenth centuries), and the late medieval

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction: aims, theory, and method; 1.1 Theoretical preliminaries; 1.1.1 Grammaticalization from different perspectives; 1.1.2 The notion of futurity; 1.1.3 Auxiliary verbs and ''periphrasis''; 1.2 Main aims of the study; 1.3 Corpus: problems and methodology; 1.4 The structure of the book; 2 Classical Greek (5th-3rd c. Bc): the origins; Introduction; 2.1 Μτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λλω / ""Εμελλον+ Infinitive: future-referring AVC (?); 2.2 ""Εχω / Ε(omitted)χον+ Infinitive: possession and ability

2.3 ('Ε)θτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λω + Infinitive: future-referring alternative?2.4 Classical Greek: a summary; 3 Hellenistic-Roman Greek (3rd C. BC-4th C. AD): proliferation of AVCs; Introduction; 3.1 Μτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λλω / ""Εμελλον + Infinitive: relative stability; 3.2 ""Εχω / Ε(omitted)χον + Infinitive: from ability to futurity; 3.3 ('Ε)θτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λω + Infinitive: volition, futurity and new developments; 3.4 Conclusions: the interaction of three AVCs; 4 Early Medieval Greek (5th-10th C. AD): the misty transition; Introduction; 4.1 Μτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λλω + Infinitive: apparent stability; 4.2 ""Εχω + Infinitive: the dominant AVC

4.3 Θτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λω + Infinitive: remaining under shadow4.4 Conclusions: FCs and registers; 5 Late Medieval Greek (11th-15th C. AD): the dominance of a single AVC; Introduction: texts and methodology; 5.1 High registers and specialization: the case of μτ̔̈”ΑΓ·λλω /(omitted) μελλον; 5.1.1 The early stages; 5.1.2 The later stages; 5.1.3 Conclusions: the status of μ#941; λλω; 5.2 ""Εχω + Infinitive / subordinate clause: future-reference and modality; 5.2.1 The early stages; 5.2.2 The later stages; 5.2.3 ""Ντ̔̈Δ»·(omitted)χω + Infinitive'': new evidence and a new interpretation

6.3 Three answers-and some further questionsAppendix: Abbreviations of texts; Bibliography; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-281) and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786612076251

1-282-07625-6

0-19-156169-X

OCLC:

318675695