Polysemous Particles in Ancient Greek

A Study with Special Reference to μήν And δή
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71498-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 821 g

Reihe: The Language of Classical Literature

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thijs, Kees

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of tables and figures

Abbreviations, symbols, and translations

1 General introduction 1.1 Setting the scene 1.2 Earlier scholarship 1.3 Data 1.4 Methodology 1.5 Outline of the present study

Part1 Theoretical background

2 Pragmatic particles 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Preliminaries on linguistic categorization 2.3 Particles 2.4 Pragmatic markers 2.5 Conclusion

3 Outline of the functional spectrum 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Connectives 3.3 Attitudinal-interactional markers 3.4 Focus modifiers 3.5 Intensifiers 3.6 Markers of non-straightforward communication 3.7 Conclusion

4 Polyfunctionality and diachronic change 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Diachronic change 4.3 Homonymy, monosemy, and polysemy 4.4 Methodological reflections 4.5 Conclusion

5 Position and scope of Greek particles 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Greek syntax and word order 5.3 Prepositives 5.4 Postpositives 5.5 Conclusion: the position of particles as linguistic evidence

Part2 Case studies

6 ??? 6.1 Setting the scene 6.2 Earlier accounts 6.3 ??? as an attitudinal-interactional particle 6.4 ??? as a discourse-connective particle 6.5 Conclusion

7 ?? 7.1 Setting the scene 7.2 Earlier accounts 7.3 ?? as an attitudinal-interactional particle 7.4 ?? as a discourse-connective particle 7.5 ?? as a phrasal modifier 7.6 Conclusion

8 General conclusion 8.1 Summary overview 8.2 Suggestions for further research

Appendix A: Quantitative data

Bibliography

Index Locorum

Über Autor(innen)

Kees Thijs (PhD 2021) is a lecturer in logic and Ancient Greek at Radboud University Nijmegen. His research is at the crossroads of Ancient Greek, linguistics, and philosophy of language, with a focus on pragmatic particles and Greek word order.