Verbal periphrasis in ancient Greek: have- and be- constructions

Synopsis

This Volume Offers A Systematic Investigation Of Periphrastic Constructions With The Verbs 'to Be' And 'to Have' Based On An Extensive Corpus Of Texts, Ranging From The Eighth Century Bc To The Eighth Century Ad. It Clarifies The Notions Of 'verbal Periphrasis' And 'adjectival Periphrasis' From A Theoretical Point Of View, And Offers A Broad Introduction To A Selection Of Recent Advancements In Linguistics. It Includes A Diachronic Analysis Which Investigates Constructions In All Three Main Aspectual Domains--perfect Aspect, Imperfective Aspect, And Perfective Aspect--combining A Qualitative With A Quantitative Approach. In Doing So, The Volume Presents A Substantial Contribution To Our Understanding Of The Ancient Greek Verbal System And Its Development Over Time. Machine Generated Contents Note: 0.1. Preamble -- 0.2. Objectives -- 0.3. Previous Research -- 0.4. Data Collection And Presentation -- 0.5. General Outline -- 1. Theoretical Background -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Factors Motivating The Use Of Periphrasis -- 1.3. Register And Genre -- 1.4. Aspect -- 1.5. Language Change -- 2. `verbal' And `adjectival' Periphrasis -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Background To The Debate -- 2.3. Prototype-based Approach Towards Verbal Periphrasis -- 2.4. Adjectival Periphrasis -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Perfect Aspect -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Archaic Greek (viii -- Vi Bc) -- 3.3. Classical Greek (v -- Iv Bc) -- 3.4. Early Post-classical Greek (iii -- I Bc) -- 3.5. Middle Post-classical Greek (i -- Iii Ad) -- 3.6. Late Post-classical And Early Byzantine Greek (iv -- Viii Ad) -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 4. Imperfective Aspect -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Archaic Greek (viii -- Vi Bc) -- 4.3. Classical Greek (v -- Iv Bc) -- 4.4. Early Post-classical Greek (iii -- I Bc) -- 4.5. Middle Post-classical Greek (i -- Iii Ad) -- 4.6. Late Post-classical And Early Byzantine Greek (iv -- Viii Ad) -- 4.7. Conclusion -- 5. Perfective Aspect -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Functional Complexity Of (sf (b (sl (b (so (b (sl (b With The Aorist Participle In The Classical Period -- 5.3. Transitivity And The Diachrony Of Periphrasis In Classical (ancient) Greek. Klaas Bentein. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 343-370) And Indexes.