The reflexes of syllabic liquids in ancient Greek : linguistic prehistory of the Greek dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache / Lucien van Beek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beek, Lucien van, author.

Series:

Leiden studies in Indo-European ; Volume 22.

Leiden Studies in Indo-European Series ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Consonants.

Greek language.

Greek language--Phonology, Historical.

Greek language--Dialects.

Greek language--Variation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 564 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2022

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like ἀνδροτῆτα καὶ ἥβην? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as τέτρατος beside τέταρτος originate? In this book, you will find the first systematic and complete account of the syllabic liquids in Ancient Greek. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and innovative etymological treatment of material from all dialects, including Mycenaean. A new model of linguistic change in the epic tradition is used to tackle two hotly-debated problems: metrical irregularities in Homer (including muta cum liquida ) and the double reflex. The proposed solution has important consequences for Greek dialect classification and the prehistory of Epic language and meter.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

List of Tables

Abbreviations and Conventions

1 The Greek Reflexes of * r̥ and * l̥

Introduction

1.1 The Problem and Its Relevance

1.2 Environments with a Common Greek or Proto-Greek Reflex αρ, αλ

1.3 The o - and u -Colored Reflexes of * r̥ and * l̥ in the Environment * C_T

1.4 Previous Accounts of - versus - in Ionic-Attic

1.5 Accounting for * r̥ > -

1.6 Outlook

2 Mycenaean Reflexes of * r̥ and the Numeral 'Four'

2.1 Preliminary Remarks on the Use of Personal Names

2.2 An a -Colored Reflex in Mycenaean?

2.3 Evidence for an o -Colored Reflex

2.4 o -Series versus a -Series Spellings

2.5 Explaining the Orthographic Variation between ⟨ Co- ⟩ and ⟨ Co-ro- ⟩

2.6 Ion.-Att. τέταρτος and an Early Simplification of *- tu̯ - before * r̥

2.7 A New Account of Myc. qe-to-ro- and Ion.-Att. τετρα τέτρατος

2.8 Conclusions regarding Mycenaean

3 Reflexes of * r̥ in the Alphabetic Dialects

3.1 The Alleged Cretan Liquid Metathesis

3.2 Other West Greek Dialects

3.3 The Aeolic Dialects

3.4 Arcado-Cyprian

3.5 Pamphylian

3.6 Conclusions

4 Reflexes of * r̥ and * l̥ in 'Caland' Formations

4.1 The Root Vocalism of Caland Formations in Greek and PIE

4.2 Analogical Reshaping and Re-derivation

4.3 Reflexes of * r̥ and * l̥ in the u -Stem Adjectives

4.4 *βλαδύς versus ἀμαλδύνω

4.5 θρασύς versus θαρσύνω

4.6 Conclusions

5 Reflexes of * r̥ in καρτερός, κράτος and Related Forms

5.1 Semantics and Etymology

5.2 The Allomorphy of κρατ- and καρτ- in Homer and Classical Greek

5.3 Conclusions concerning the Vocalization of * r̥

6 Reflexes of * r̥ and muta cum liquida in Epic Greek

6.1 The Reflex - and the Metrical Behavior of κραδίη

6.2 Muta cum liquida Scansions in Homer

6.3 Wathelet's Proposal for the Origin of McL in Homer

6.4 Criticism of Wathelet's Scenario

6.5 Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence for McL in Homer

6.6 Avoidance of McL Scansion in Epic Greek

6.7 Epic * r̥ : - Is the Regular Reflex of Artificially Retained * r̥

6.8 The Evidence for - from Epic * r̥

6.9 Less Certain Evidence for Epic * r̥

6.10 Nonce Formations with - in Epic Greek

6.11 Conclusions

7 Epic Forms with -

7.1 The Dialectal Origin of Forms with -

7.2 -ρο- as a Conditioned Reflex of Epic * r̥

7.3 Other Forms with -

7.4 Conclusions

8 The Reflexes - and - in Aorist Stems

8.1 The Evidence

8.2 The Regular Development * r̥ > - in the Thematic Aorist

8.3 The Pattern of Attestation of the Thematic Aorists with -

8.4 Epic * r̥ in the Thematic Aorist?

8.5 Pindaric δρακέντ-

8.6 Conclusions

9 Remaining Issues Concerning * r̥

9.1 The Development of *- r̥s - in Ionic-Attic

9.2 Verbs with a Non-ablauting Root CraC-

9.3 An o -Colored Reflex in Attic?

9.4 The Development of * r̥n

9.5 Word-Final *- r̥

9.6 Further Potential Evidence for - < * r̥

9.7 Evidence for - and - Left out of Consideration

10 The Reflexes of * l̥

10.1 Unknown, Doubtful, or Uncertain Etymologies

10.2 Cases of - and - Influenced by a Full Grade Form

10.3 The Pre-form Did Not Necessarily Contain * l̥

10.4 Promising Evidence for * l̥ > -

10.5 The Development of * l̥n

10.6 Dialectal Evidence

10.7 Conclusions on * l̥

11 Relative Chronology

11.1 The Vocalization of * r̥ as a late and dialectally different development

11.2 Dating the Vocalization of * r̥ in Ionic-Attic

11.3 Dating the Elimination of Epic * r̥

11.4 Relative Chronology: Other Sound Changes

11.5 Conclusions

12 Conclusion

12.1 Philological Results and New Etymologies

12.2 Regular Reflexes of PGr. * r̥ in Dialects Other than Ionic and Attic

12.3 Special Reflexes of Proto-Greek * r̥

12.4 The Reflexes of Proto-Greek * l̥

12.5 The Double Reflex αρ versus ρα in Ionic-Attic

12.6 The Prehistory of the Epic Tradition

12.7 Relative Chronology and Subgrouping

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789004469747

9004469745

OCLC:

1493007535

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004469747 DOI