At the Crossroads of Linguistics and Philology: The Tmesis-to-Univerbation Process in Ancient Greek
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Georgios K. Giannakis
Abstract
The paper discusses the possible connection of stress and intonation with syntactic problems, especially movement phenomena. Our case study will be the phenomena of tmesis and univerbation in ancient Indo-European languages, with particular emphasis on Homeric Greek. The main concern in this study is to explore a theoretical model that could account for the transformation from tmesis to univerbation in Indo-European languages and see syntax in conjunction with phonology and prosody. Thus, it is suggested that the transformation from tmesis (P...V) to univerbation (PV) relates to shifts in stress and intonation patterns in the language, along with other changes in syntax and morphology, a thesis first suggested by Brugmann 1913, 665 ff., but not since exploited properly.
Abstract
The paper discusses the possible connection of stress and intonation with syntactic problems, especially movement phenomena. Our case study will be the phenomena of tmesis and univerbation in ancient Indo-European languages, with particular emphasis on Homeric Greek. The main concern in this study is to explore a theoretical model that could account for the transformation from tmesis to univerbation in Indo-European languages and see syntax in conjunction with phonology and prosody. Thus, it is suggested that the transformation from tmesis (P...V) to univerbation (PV) relates to shifts in stress and intonation patterns in the language, along with other changes in syntax and morphology, a thesis first suggested by Brugmann 1913, 665 ff., but not since exploited properly.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface VII
- Contents IX
- List of Figures and Diagrams XIII
- List of Tables XV
- Abbreviations XVII
- By Way of an Introduction: “(Historical) Linguistics and/or (Classical) Philology” 1
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Part I: Greek Language and Linguistics
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Early Greek Poetry and Linguistics
- Pindar’s Genius or Homeric Words? – The Interplay of Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis in Greek Philology and Linguistics 51
- Homeric Enjambment (and Caesura): A Functional-Cognitive Approach 69
- Old Morphology in Disguise: Homeric Episynaloephe, Ζῆν(α), and the Fate of IE Instrumentals 107
- “Not According to our Usage…”: Linguistic Awareness in Hellenistic Editorial Practice on Homer 117
- A Song of Milk and Honey: The Poetic Transformation of an Ancient Ritual Drink in Pindar 139
- The Greek Augment: What this Amazingly Enduring Element Says about Continuity in Greek 165
- At the Crossroads of Linguistics and Philology: The Tmesis-to-Univerbation Process in Ancient Greek 175
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Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics
- Ideological Change and Syntactic Change in Ancient Greek: The Case of ἄτη and τύχη 215
- Syntactic Markedness and Stylistic Refinement: ‘Proleptic’ and ‘Resultative’ in Ancient Greek 245
- Girl, Υou’ll Be a Woman Soon: Grammatical Versus Semantic Agreement of Greek Hybrid Nouns of the Mädchen Type 263
- The Expression of Authority and Solidarity: ἡμεῖς in Place of ἐγώ in the Iliad 287
- A First Approach to Irony in Greek Oratory 301
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Comparative, Diachronic and Lexicographical Studies
- Greek Numeral System and Language Contacts in an Archaic Native Settlement of Southern Italy 319
- Non-Attic Vocalism, Epichoric Forms, and Attic Poetic Traditions 347
- Ἀμόργινος and ἀμοργίς: The Color of Olive Oil Lees and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 150 and 735, 737 369
- Some Remarks on Ancient Epirote Glosses 401
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Greek Papyri and Corpora
- A Typology of Variations in the Ancient Greek Epistolary Frame (I–III AD) 429
- Transposition of Nominal and Verbal Bound Morphemes: The Case of -ες and -ας in Greek Documentary Papyri 473
- Some Aspects of Irrealis and the Usage of ἄν in Post-Classical Greek 495
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Part II: Latin Language and Linguistics
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Various Issues in Latin Linguistics
- Varro’s Etymological Theory and Practice 527
- An Interplay of Approaches in the Editing of a Late Latin Medical Translation 547
- Towards a Unified Account of the ab urbe condita Construction in Latin and Ancient Greek 557
- Latin Linguistics and Neronian Pastoral Revisited 573
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Linguistics, Philology and Christian Latin
- New Concepts in Ancient Languages: Greek and Latin (and beyond) in the First Christian Letters 593
- Searching for Order in the Rule: The Contribution of Philology and Linguistics to the Study of Saint Benedict’s Latin 619
- List of Contributors 647
- General Index 653
- Index Locorum 665
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface VII
- Contents IX
- List of Figures and Diagrams XIII
- List of Tables XV
- Abbreviations XVII
- By Way of an Introduction: “(Historical) Linguistics and/or (Classical) Philology” 1
-
Part I: Greek Language and Linguistics
-
Early Greek Poetry and Linguistics
- Pindar’s Genius or Homeric Words? – The Interplay of Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis in Greek Philology and Linguistics 51
- Homeric Enjambment (and Caesura): A Functional-Cognitive Approach 69
- Old Morphology in Disguise: Homeric Episynaloephe, Ζῆν(α), and the Fate of IE Instrumentals 107
- “Not According to our Usage…”: Linguistic Awareness in Hellenistic Editorial Practice on Homer 117
- A Song of Milk and Honey: The Poetic Transformation of an Ancient Ritual Drink in Pindar 139
- The Greek Augment: What this Amazingly Enduring Element Says about Continuity in Greek 165
- At the Crossroads of Linguistics and Philology: The Tmesis-to-Univerbation Process in Ancient Greek 175
-
Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics
- Ideological Change and Syntactic Change in Ancient Greek: The Case of ἄτη and τύχη 215
- Syntactic Markedness and Stylistic Refinement: ‘Proleptic’ and ‘Resultative’ in Ancient Greek 245
- Girl, Υou’ll Be a Woman Soon: Grammatical Versus Semantic Agreement of Greek Hybrid Nouns of the Mädchen Type 263
- The Expression of Authority and Solidarity: ἡμεῖς in Place of ἐγώ in the Iliad 287
- A First Approach to Irony in Greek Oratory 301
-
Comparative, Diachronic and Lexicographical Studies
- Greek Numeral System and Language Contacts in an Archaic Native Settlement of Southern Italy 319
- Non-Attic Vocalism, Epichoric Forms, and Attic Poetic Traditions 347
- Ἀμόργινος and ἀμοργίς: The Color of Olive Oil Lees and Aristophanes, Lysistrata 150 and 735, 737 369
- Some Remarks on Ancient Epirote Glosses 401
-
Greek Papyri and Corpora
- A Typology of Variations in the Ancient Greek Epistolary Frame (I–III AD) 429
- Transposition of Nominal and Verbal Bound Morphemes: The Case of -ες and -ας in Greek Documentary Papyri 473
- Some Aspects of Irrealis and the Usage of ἄν in Post-Classical Greek 495
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Part II: Latin Language and Linguistics
-
Various Issues in Latin Linguistics
- Varro’s Etymological Theory and Practice 527
- An Interplay of Approaches in the Editing of a Late Latin Medical Translation 547
- Towards a Unified Account of the ab urbe condita Construction in Latin and Ancient Greek 557
- Latin Linguistics and Neronian Pastoral Revisited 573
-
Linguistics, Philology and Christian Latin
- New Concepts in Ancient Languages: Greek and Latin (and beyond) in the First Christian Letters 593
- Searching for Order in the Rule: The Contribution of Philology and Linguistics to the Study of Saint Benedict’s Latin 619
- List of Contributors 647
- General Index 653
- Index Locorum 665