Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek An Introduction

Name: Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780226718583

ISBN-10: 0226718581

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Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Albert Rijksbaron

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The verb is, in any language, the motor of all communication: no verb, no action. In Greek, verb forms change not only with person, number, tense, and voice, but in four possible moods as well. Available now in a special reprint for the North American market, "The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek" is an incomparable resource to students and scholars charged with the considerable task of untangling the Greek language's many complexities. With clear, concise instruction, Albert Rijksbaron shows how the various verb forms contribute to the richness of the Greek literature as we know it, in this essential guide for both novices and experienced practitioners. "[This study]…

Book details

Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Prefaces



Introduction to the Moods and Tenses



The semantic value of the tense stems



The role of the lexical meaning of the verb



The expression of past, present, and future



The moods in independent sentences



The Main Uses of the Single Moods and Tenses in Independent Sentences



Present indicative



Temporal location: at the moment of utterance



In questions with iussive force



Generic use



Imperfect and aorist indicative in narrative texts



The alternation of imperfect an aorist indicative and its effects



Further uses of the imperfect



Expresses repeated states of affairs



Conative use; imperfect of likelihood



Immediative imperfect



Expresses completed states of affairs



Further uses of the aorist indicative



Past-in-the-past



Ingressive use



Historic present



Introduction



Marks decisive states of affairs



'Punctuates' a narrative



Non-narrative uses of imperfect and aorist indicative



The imperfect of modal verbs



Imperfect and aorist indicative in wishes



Aorist indicative in direct speech



Constative use



The aorist indicative of performative verbs ('tragic aorist')



[Characters not reproducible] + aorist indicative with iussive force



Generic (gnomic) use of the aorist indicative



Future indicative



Perfect indicative (perfect)



Of terminative (telic) verbs



Of stative verbs



Pluperfect



Future perfect



Subjunctive



In iussive sentences



In interrogative sentences



Optative



In wishes (without a[Characters not reproducible]; cupitive optative)



In declarative sentences (with [Characters not reproducible]; potential optative)



In statements



With iussive force



In interrogative sentences (with [Characters not reproducible]; potential optative)



Imperative



The semantic difference between present and aorist stem in the constructions of [Section Section] 13-15



Introduction



Imperative



Cupitive optative and potential optative



The Use of Moods and Tenses in Dependent Clauses



Introduction



Clauses with the Function Object or Subject (Obligatory Clauses)



With verbs of perception and emotion, and with verbs of saying



With verbs of perception ('see', 'know', 'perceive', etc.) and emotion



With verbs of saying; indirect speech



'Indirect speech' with verbs of perception and emotion



Temporal and other clauses in indirect speech



With verbs of asking, inquiring, etc.



Introduction: direct questions



Indirect questions



With verbs of fearing



With verbs of contriving, etc.



Clauses With the Function Satellite (Optional Clauses)



Purpose clauses



Consecutive clauses



Conditional clauses



Introduction



[Characters not reproducible] + indicative



[Characters not reproducible] ([Characters not reproducible], [Characters not reproducible]) + subjunctive



With a future indicative or some other form with future reference in the apodosis



With a generic present indicative in the apodosis



[Characters not reproducible] + optative



With an optative + [Characters not reproducible] in the apodosis



With an imperfect in the apodosis



[Characters not reproducible] + secondary indicative



Appendix: [Characters not reproducible]- and [Characters not reproducible]-clauses with purpose value



Concessive clauses



Temporal clauses



Single past states of affairs



Particulars



[Characters not reproducible]-clauses with causal value



Single future states of affairs



Particulars



Habitual non-past states of affairs



Habitual past states of affairs



Causal clauses



Relative Clauses



Introduction



The moods in relative clauses



Anaphoric clauses



Autonomous clauses



Particulars



Non-Finite Verb Forms: Infinitive and Participle



Introduction



Infinitive



Infinitive as an obligatory constituent; dynamic and declarative infinitive



Supplementary infinitive and accusative plus infinitive



General observations



Particulars



Dynamic and declarative infinitive, continued



The dynamic infinitive



The declarative infinitive



Verbs allowing both infinitive constructions



Infinitive as an optional constituent with verbs of giving, taking, etc.



Articular infinitive



Participle



The participle as an obligatory or optional constituent with a main verb



The participle as an obligatory constituent



The participle as a satellite



Periphrastic constructions



Attributive participle



Voice: Active, Middle, Passive



Introduction



Voice defined



The morphological features of the Greek voices



Survey of grammatical terms



Survey of the contents of [Section Section] 42-48



Middle-passive forms of transitive active verbs, with passive meaning



The principle



Particulars



Particulars, continued



Excursus: verbal adjectives



Middle-passive forms of transitive active verbs, with direct-reflexive meaning



The principle



Particulars



Middle-passive forms of transitive active verbs, with indirect-reflexive meaning



The principle



Particulars



Middle-passive forms of transitive active verbs, with pseudo-reflexive or pseudo-passive meaning



The principle



Particulars



Verbs with active forms only (so-called activa tantum)



The principle



Particulars



Verbs with middle-passive forms only



Verbs with a middle aorist (so-called media tantum)



The principle



Particulars



Verbs with a passive aorist (so-called passiva tantum)



The principle



Particulars



Summary of the main uses of the middle-passive voice



Of verbs that are also used in the active voice



Of verbs that are not used in the active voice


Select Bibliography


Index of Terms


Index of Greek Words


Index Locorum


Summary: 'Essentials of Syntax and Semantics'