02784nam 2200529 450 991079776200332120230808212603.090-04-25068-910.1163/9789004250680(CKB)3710000000506301(EBL)4107583(SSID)ssj0001581190(PQKBManifestationID)16260598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001581190(PQKBWorkID)14813774(PQKB)10324819(MiAaPQ)EBC4107583(nllekb)BRILL9789004250680(EXLCZ)99371000000050630120151216h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClassical Greek syntax Wackernagel's law in Herodotus /by David GoldsteinLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2016.©20161 online resource (347 p.)Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics,1875-6328Description based upon print version of record.90-04-24297-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Introduction -- Greek Syntax and Surface Word Order -- The Prosody of Greek Clitics -- The Syntax of Clitics -- Topicalization -- Focus Preposing -- Participles -- Infinitive Complements -- Conclusion and Prospects -- Bibliography -- Indexes.In Classical Greek Syntax: Wackernagel's Law in Herodotus , David Goldstein offers the first theoretically-informed study of second-position clitics in Ancient Greek and challenges the long-standing belief that Greek word order is ‟free” or beyond the reach of systematic analysis. On the basis of Herodotus’ Histories, he demonstrates that there are in fact systematic correspondences between clause structure and meaning. Crucial to this new model of the Greek clause is Wackernagel’s Law, the generalization that enclitics and postpositives occur in ‟second position,” as these classes of words provide a stable anchor for analyzing sentence structure. The results of this work not only restore word order as an interpretive dimension of Greek texts, but also provide a framework for the investigation of other areas of syntax in Greek, as well as archaic Indo-European more broadly.Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics.Greek languageSyntaxGreek languageSyntax.485Goldstein David M.1976-1485907MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797762003321Classical Greek syntax3705216UNINA