The Middle Voice in Ancient Greek

A Study of Polysemy
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-5063-368-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology

Allan, Rutger The Middle Voice in Ancient Greek. A Study of Polysemy. 2003
The great variety of usage types of the middle voice in Ancient Greek has excited the interest of generations of classical scholars. A number of intriguing questions, however, still have been left unanswered. What is the exact relation between the various middle usage types? How can the semantic element common to all usage types be defined? What is the relation between the middle voice and the passive voice in the aorist and future stems? To provide an answer to these questions, this study takes a novel approach. Following recent developments in Cognitive Linguistics, the middle voice in Ancient Greek is analysed as a polysemous network category. This approach results in a unified description of the semantics of the middle voice which also accounts for diachronical developments.
ASCP 11 (2003), 286 p. Cloth - 79.00 EURO, ISBN: 9050633684

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allan, Rutger

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Unterrichtsmaterialien

Über Autor(innen)

Rutger J. Allan (Ph.D 2002) is Lecturer in Greek language and literature at the Free University Amsterdam.