Transitivity plays a central role in all voice usage, not only in the contrast between active and middle, but also within the usage of the middle voice itself. Understanding that range is important for discerning the meaning of a given verb in the middle voice when reading the biblical text or other contemporary Koine Greek literature.
Category Archive: Cognitive Linguistics
Ancient Greek Verb-Initial Compounds: Their Diachronic Development Within the Greek Compound System by Olga Tribulato I don’t know […]
The fellas over at Old School Script pointed out a new volume on cognitive linguistics that I was […]
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The first two chapters of Luraghi’s volume consist of her introduction and her theoretical foundation. The former includes […]
Luraghi, Silvia. On the meaning of prepositions and cases: Semantic roles in Ancient Greek. Studies in language companion […]
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