Verbal Periphrasis in Ancient Greek
Have- and Be- Constructions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23242179 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Klaas Bentein (0000-0003-2496-5678, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Ghent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Verbal Periphrasis in Ancient Greek (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747093.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2320353725 |
| Open Library | OL27708769M |
| ISBN | 9780198747093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 71 |
This book deals with the use and development of ‘periphrastic’ constructions in Ancient Greek (VIII bc–VIII ad), focusing on constructions with the verbs ‘to be’ (εἰμί) and ‘to have’ (ἔχω), as in ἦν διδάσκων ‘he was teaching’ or ἔχω θαυμάσας ‘I have wondered’. While Ancient Greek is commonly considered a ‘synthetic’ language, already at the earliest stages we find traces of such multi-word periphrastic constructions, comparable to those occurring in the Modern European languages. The book consists of five chapters. The first two chapters are theoretically oriented. In the first chapter, a number of theoretical concepts are introduced, such as the motivation for periphrasis, genre and register, aspect, and grammaticalization (theory). In the second chapter, the concepts of ‘verbal’ and ‘adjectival’ periphrasis are discussed, as well as their interrelationship. It is argued that in both cases, prototype-theory can offer an innovative perspective. In the second part of the book, the diachrony of periphrastic constructions with εἰμί and ἔχω is investigated from a qualitative and a quantitative point of view. This is done with respect to three functional domains: those of perfect aspect (§3), imperfective aspect (§4), and perfective aspect (§5). It is argued that ‘transitivity’ plays a key role to our understanding of the development of periphrastic constructions: not only are the constructions themselves acquiring an increasingly transitive profile, but also periphrasis more generally.
Ancient Greek · Linguistics · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Greek language · Greek language, grammar · Periphrasis · Semantics · Verb
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
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| Citations per year | 2.38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |