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Early Greek Relative Clauses (Hardcover)
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Early Greek Relative Clauses (Hardcover)
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Early Greek Relative Clauses contributes to an old debate currently
enjoying a revival: should we expect languages spoken a few
thousand years ago, such as Proto-Indo-European, to be less
well-equipped than modern languages when it comes to subordinate
clauses? Early Greek relative clauses provide a test case for this
problem. Early Greek uses several kinds of relative clause, but all
these are usually thought to come from one, or at most two,
prehistoric types. In a new look at the evidence, this book finds
that a rich variety of relative clause types has been in place for
a considerable time. The reconstruction of prehistoric linguistic
stages requires detailed work on the individual languages
descending from them. A substantial part of the book is therefore
devoted to a new look at the relative clause systems found in a
wide variety of early Greek texts. It emerges that the same basic
system is in use across all these texts. Different kinds of
relative clause predominate in different kinds of text, however,
because relative clause syntax and semantics interact with the
needs of different kinds of text. Considering material as diverse
as the Homeric poems, laws inscribed in stone on the island of
Crete, and the philosophical prose of Heraclitus, the discussion
remains clear and straightforward as Probert considers the uses and
histories of different relative clause types.
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