LEADER 02782nam 2200601 a 450 001 996209834803316 005 20230721030231.0 010 $a1-281-16483-6 010 $a9786611164836 010 $a0-19-153542-7 010 $a1-4356-2379-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375189 035 $a(EBL)746679 035 $a(OCoLC)191671624 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000090247 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11116904 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000090247 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10111563 035 $a(PQKB)10515321 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073575 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC746679 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375189 100 $a20070221d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWord order in Greek tragic dialogue$b[electronic resource] /$fHelma Dik 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-170690-6 311 $a0-19-927929-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 Passages 330 $aHelma 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 u 606 $aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek language$xWord order 606 $aDialogue 615 0$aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek language$xWord order. 615 0$aDialogue. 676 $a882.0109 676 $a882/.0109 700 $aDik$b Helma$0526349 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996209834803316 996 $aWord order in Greek tragic dialogue$91228302 997 $aUNISA