Studies in Greek Language & Linguistics…
What's the difference and how do they relate? Pragmatics is a sort of funny thing. On the one hand, pragmatics is an important subfield in linguistics that produces a valuable research and contributes greatly to our understanding of language. On the other hand, pragmatics probably wouldn't even exist at all as a field if Chomsky had not... Continue Reading →
I could have sworn that I had mentioned Lars Nordgren's book, Greek Interjections Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics at some point before, but apparently not. I can't find the post. In any case, his book received a detailed review in the latest issue of the Bryn Mawr Classical Review by Coulter George: Lars Nordgren, Greek Interjections:... Continue Reading →
I have been silent for a while. That's bad because I have a debt of several posts and reviews from the Cambridge Verb Conference, but getting my paper post-conference finished has taken up much of my time (and moving across the country has taken up the rest of my time). Still, I thought I should... Continue Reading →
This is part three of a three part series. Part one can be found here: State predicates and the Greek perfect, Pt 1 Part two can be found here: State predicates and the Greek perfect, Pt 2 The assumption an atelic usage of a inherently telic form is wrong finds its origins in what is called the classical model... Continue Reading →
This is part two of a three part series. Part one can be found here: State predicates and the Greek perfect, Pt 1 Part three will soon be available here on Monday: State predicates and the Greek perfect, Pt 3 I concluded the previous post with the following statement and in part 2, I want to provide an answer: Fundamentally, the... Continue Reading →
In working on research for an article I’m in the process of cleaning up for publication, I have been working through a variety of texts that deal with the interface between intonation and information structure. Lambrecht (1994) is one of the more useful volumes on that regard and requires a close reading. What follows are... Continue Reading →
A Review of The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek: A Functional Analysis of the Order and Articulation of NP Constituent in Herodotus by Stephanie Bakker.[1] Hardcover: 324 pages Publisher: Brill (2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 9004177221 ISBN-13: 978-9004177222 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches Get from Amazon Get from Brill Part I (LINK) this... Continue Reading →
Specifically, here, we are talking about instances where the pronominal clitic attaches to the verb in spite of the fact that there is a fronted focal constituent which would provide an optimal host for the clitic. In a previous post, some tentative conclusions were drawn regarding this phenomenon on the basis of several contrastive examples.... Continue Reading →
Previously, I set forth three sets of data that make up the difficult examples of pronominal clitics. In this post, we will examine that data more closely look specifically at those pronominal clitics that attach to topical constituents. If these examples truly fit my basic claim about the prominence of the prosodic phrases the clitics... Continue Reading →
