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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807156603321

Autore

Devine A. M (Andrew M.)

Titolo

Discontinuous syntax : hyperbaton in Greek / / A.M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-770450-6

1-280-53071-5

0-19-534400-6

1-4294-0055-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

StephensLaurence D

Disciplina

485

Soggetti

Greek language - Word order

Oral-formulaic analysis

Greek language - Syntax

Rhetoric, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-341) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Y[sub(1)] Hyperbaton in Prose; 2 The Meaning of Y[sub(1)] Hyperbaton in Prose; 3 Hyperbata Varia; 4 Licensing Hyperbaton; 5 Phonological Garden Paths; 6 The Syntax of Y[sub(1)] Hyperbaton; Glossary; Transliterated Examples with Word-for-Word Translations; Bibliography; Index nominum; Index rerum

Sommario/riassunto

The interface between syntax and meaning, both semantic and pragmatic, has emerged as an area of linguistics theory. This study applies some of these ideas to hyperbaton, offering a new theory with broad applications for our understanding of Greek syntax.