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Expressions of agency in ancient Greek /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Expressions of agency in ancient Greek // Coulter H. George.
Author:	George, Coulter H.,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 288 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Greek language - Prepositions. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482984
ISBN:	9780511482984 (ebook)

Expressions of agency in ancient Greek /
George, Coulter H.,1976-

Expressions of agency in ancient Greek /Coulter H. George. - 1 online resource (x, 288 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge classical studies. - Cambridge classical studies..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Passive verbs and agent constructions --1.

Ancient Greek expressed the agents of passive verbs by a variety of means, and this work explores the language's development of prepositions which marked the agents of passive verbs. After an initial look at the pragmatics of agent constructions, it turns to this central question: under what conditions is the agent expressed by a construction other than hupo with the genitive? The book traces the development of these expressions from Homer through classical prose and drama, paying attention to the semantic, syntactic, and metrical conditions that favoured the use of one preposition over another. It concludes with a study of the decline of hupo as an agent marker in the first millennium AD. Although the focus is on developments in Greek, translation of the examples should render it accessible to linguists studying changes in prepositional systems generally.

ISBN: 9780511482984 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

800629
Greek language
--Prepositions.

LC Class. No.: PA355 / .G46 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 485/.7

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