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Title Discourse cohesion in ancient Greek / edited by Stéphanie Bakker and Gerry Wakker.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Amsterdam studies in classical philology, 1380-6068 ; v. 16
Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; v. 16.
Note Papers presented at the 6th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics, held June 27-29, 2007, Groningen, Netherlands.
Greek words romanized in table of contents.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Stéphanie J. Bakker and Gerry C. Wakker -- Discourse cohesion through third person pronouns : the case of [keinos] and [autos] in Homer / Anna Bonifazi -- Pragmatic presupposition and complementation in classical Greek / Luuk Huitink -- On the curious combination of the particles [gar] and [oun] / Stéphanie J. Bakker -- 'Well I will now present my arguments.' : discourse cohesion marked by [oun] and [toinyn] in Lysias / Gerry C. Wakker -- The particles [au] and [aute] in ancient Greek as topicalizing devices / Antonio R. Revuelta Puigdollers -- [Kai mēn], [kai dē] and [ēdē] in tragedy and comedy / A. Maria van Erp Taalman Kip -- Discourse cohesion in dialogue : turn-initial [alla] in Greek drama / Annemieke Drummen -- Greek particles : just a literary phenomenon? / Coulter H. George -- Towards a typology of the narrative modes in ancient Greek : text types and narrative structure in Euripidean messenger speeches / Rutger J. Allan -- The use of the imperfect to express completed states of affairs : the imperfect as a marker of narrative cohesion / Louis Basset -- Involving the past in the present : the classical Greek perfect as a situating cohesion device / Sander Orriens -- Discourse cohesion in the proem of Hesiod's Theogony / Albert Rijksbaron.
Summary Central in this volume of the 6th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics is the question how cohesion is created in Ancient Greek texts. It discusses the use and function of cohesion devices like pronomina, particles, tense and complements.
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Language English; includes text in Greek.
Subject Greek language -- Verb -- Congresses.
Greek language -- Verb.
Greek language -- Particles -- Congresses.
Greek language -- Particles.
Greek language.
Greek language -- Tense -- Congresses.
Greek language -- Tense.
Cohesion (Linguistics) -- Congresses.
Cohesion (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis -- Congresses.
Discourse analysis.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Bakker, Stéphanie J.
Wakker, G. C.
Other Form: Print version: Discourse cohesion in ancient Greek. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004174726 (DLC) 2009023935 (OCoLC)401165978
ISBN 9789004174726 (electronic book)
9004174729 (electronic book)
9789004182202 (electronic book)
9004182209 (electronic book)