Expressions of Time in Ancient Greek. - GEORGE, C. H.,
KORTE INHOUD
How did Ancient Greek express that an event occurred at a particular time, for a certain duration, or within a given time frame? The answer to these questions depends on a variety of conditions - the nature of the time noun, the tense and aspect of the verb, the particular historical period of Greek during which the author lived - that existing studies of the language do not take sufficiently into account. This book accordingly examines the circumstances that govern the use of the genitive, dative, and accusative of time, as well as the relevant prepositional constructions, primarily in Greek prose of the fifth century BC through the second century AD, but also in Homer. While the focus is on developments in Greek, translations of the examples, as well as a fully glossed summary chapter, make it accessible to linguists interested in the expression of time generally. (Publisher's information).
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2020Uitgever: Cambridge University Press341 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1108820255ISBN-13: 9781108820257Koop dit boek tweedehands
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'The remainder of the book focuses upon individual authors or genres and examines their preferential time expressions; I offer only an overview here. Chapter 2, ?Expressions of Time in Thucydides?, provides an in-depth look at this author and exemplifies George?s methodology. Chapter 3, ?Expressions of Time: Style, Genre, and Diachrony?, is the heart of the book and a survey of Classi...
'The remainder of the book focuses upon individual authors or genres and examines their preferential time expressions; I offer only an overview here. Chapter 2, ?Expressions of Time in Thucydides?, provides an in-depth look at this author and exemplifies George?s methodology. Chapter 3, ?Expressions of Time: Style, Genre, and Diachrony?, is the heart of the book and a survey of Classi...
