Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context (Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics, 6) - Hardcover

 
9783111179124: Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context (Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics, 6)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3111179125 ISBN 13: 9783111179124
Publisher: De Gruyter, 2025

Synopsis

This volume presents the first comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of (in)subordination in Post-Classical Greek (III BCE – VI AD) from a modern linguistic perspective.

The contributions provide new findings into the syntax of the Post-Classical Greek sentence along four main dimensions. First, several studies investigate the diachrony of subordinate and insubordinate clause structures, both in Post-Classical Greek and the history of Greek more generally. Second, contributions demarcate the influence of language contact on the continuity and change of clausal strategies. Third, the diverse syntactic and pragmatic factors involved in different types of finite and non-finite subordination are detailed. Fourth, the phenomenon of subordination as found in specific text types and collections is contextualized, incorporating insights from historical sociolinguistics.

This book aims to be a reference point not only to Greek scholars working on the Post-classical period and the specific corpora addressed in the volume, but also to general linguists interested in the syntax of (in)subordination and the application of modern linguistic approaches to historical languages.

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About the Author

Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3111179125
ISBN 13 
9783111179124
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
348
Editor
Bentein Klaas, Cattafi Eleonora, Roi Ezra La