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Greek Prepositions - From Antiquity to the Present (Hardcover, New)
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Greek Prepositions - From Antiquity to the Present (Hardcover, New)
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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 relevant background issues concerning
the function, meaning, and genesis of adpositions and cases. He
then traces the development of prepositions and case markers in
ancient Greek (Homeric and classical, with insights from Linear B
and reconstructed Indo-European); Hellenistic Greek, which he
examines mainly on the basis of Biblical Greek; Medieval Greek, the
least studied but most revealing phase; and Modern Greek, in which
he also considers the influence of the learned tradition and
neighbouring languages. Written in an accessible and non-specialist
style, this book will interest classical philologists, as well as
historical linguists and theoretical linguists.
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