02782nam 2200601 a 450 99620983480331620230721030231.01-281-16483-697866111648360-19-153542-71-4356-2379-7(CKB)1000000000375189(EBL)746679(OCoLC)191671624(SSID)ssj0000090247(PQKBManifestationID)11116904(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000090247(PQKBWorkID)10111563(PQKB)10515321(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073575(MiAaPQ)EBC746679(EXLCZ)99100000000037518920070221d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWord order in Greek tragic dialogue[electronic resource] /Helma DikOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-170690-6 0-19-927929-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and indexes.Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations and Symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Accounting for Word Order Variation in Greek; 3. Tragic Ways of Dying: Word Order in the Clause; 4. Word Order in the Noun Phrase; 5. Enter Dialogue: Questions in Sophocles and Euripides; 6. Back to the Trimeter; 7. Back to the Text: Four Readings in Sophocles' Electra; 8. Conclusion: Reading Word Order, Slowly; Bibliography; General Index; Index of PassagesHelma Dik approaches word order in Greek tragic dialogue from the perspective of language rather than metre. The tragic poets engaged in mimesis of natural dialogue; therefore the analysis of the linguistic characteristics of the dialogue precedes exploration of the metrical dimension, on the assumption that poets would not be overly constrained by the iambic trimeter, which, after all, was the most natural speaking verse according to Aristotle. Dik analyses the word order of tragicdialogue in pragmatic terms, arguing that, in sentences, words functioning as Topic (the 'starting point' of an uGreek drama (Tragedy)History and criticismGreek languageWord orderDialogueGreek drama (Tragedy)History and criticism.Greek languageWord order.Dialogue.882.0109882/.0109Dik Helma526349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209834803316Word order in Greek tragic dialogue1228302UNISA