
Themes in Greek Linguistics : Volume II.
Title:
Themes in Greek Linguistics : Volume II.
Author:
Joseph, Brian D.
ISBN:
9789027284051
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (345 pages)
Series:
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Contents:
THEMES IN GREEK LINGUISTICS II -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- INTRODUCTION -- Table of contents -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- Section I: Phonology -- BREAKING UP IS (NOT) HARD TO DO: THE CASE OF THE MODERN GREEK pt/kt SEQUENCES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The MG pt/kt sequences -- 3. The arguments in favour of the interconstituent analysis -- 4. The arguments in favour of an intervening empty nucleus -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- LEXICAL MARKING AND DOMINANCE IN MODERN GREEK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous analyses of Modern Greek accent -- 3. Inflected words with one lexical mark -- 4. Asymmetry in correspondence -- 5. The distribution of marking and default in grammatical categories -- REFERENCES -- Section II: Morphology -- ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL STATUS OF INFLECTIONAL FEATURES: EVIDENCE FROM MODERN GREEK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Features in morphological analysis -- 3. Inherent vs. contextual inflectional features -- 4. Concluding remarks -- REFERENCES -- ON WHAT HAPPENS IF A 'HEART-CONQUEROR' MEETSTHE PROJECTION PRINCIPLE (A REPRESENTATIONAL APPROACH TO COMPOUNDS AND PROJECTION) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some new assumptions -- 3. Some consequences -- 4. Summary -- REFERENCES -- Section III: Syntax/Semantics -- ON DERIVED NOMINALS IN GREEK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactic and Lexicalist Approaches -- 3. The basic properties of Greek derived nominals -- 4. The verbal properties of derived nouns -- 5. Proposed structures -- 6. What selects the VP in derived nominals? -- 7. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- WH- AND DIRECT OBJECT CLITICS REVISITED -- 1. The data -- 2. The issue -- 3. Previous analyses -- 4. A proposed alternative -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- THE STRUCTURE OF SMALL CLAUSES IN MODERN GREEK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evidence for Small Clauses -- 3. Small clause structure.
4. Checking relations in the small clause -- 5. Adjunct small clauses -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Appendix -- REFERENCES -- INDIVIDUAL AND FUNCTIONAL READINGS FOR FOCUS, WHANDNEGATIVE OPERATORS: EVIDENCE FROM GREEK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Focus and wh-: similarities -- 3. Focus and wh-: differences -- 4. Focus vs wh-: individual vs functional readings -- 5. Why are multiple foci excluded? -- 6. Negative polarity items (NPI) -- 7. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CLAUSE STRUCTURE AND WORD ORDER INMODERN GREEK -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Word Grammar and word order: background -- 3. Dependency and Greek clause structure -- 4. Greek word order and preference -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Section IV: Diachrony -- CAPPADOCIAN CLITICS AND THE SYNTAX-MORPHOLOGY INTERFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The distribution of clitic pronouns -- 3. The linearization of multiple clitic pronouns -- 4. Two cases of "endoclisis" -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- TO AIIEP AND O OIIOIO∑: UNTANGLING MEDIAEVALGREEK RELATIVISATION -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grammatical Features of τò ἅπɛp -- 3. Precedents for τò ἅπɛp -- 4. The other determiner + relativiser: o oπoíoç -- 5. Accounts of ἅπɛp -- 6. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Index.
Abstract:
This volume brings together 11 original papers on a variety of themes in Greek linguistics, covering phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, both synchronically and diachronically.Collectively, these papers report on recent advances in the study of Greek grammar within the framework of generative grammar, and provide insights into such diverse topics as the analysis of consonant clusters, the representation of stress, the status of inflectional features, the relationship between compounds and projection, derived nominals, the occurrence of weak clitic pronouns in questions, small clauses, focus constructions, word order, the placement of clitics in Cappadocian dialects, and Medieval Greek relativisation strategies. Together, they show that Greek is a vital contributor to issues of current controversy in grammatical theory.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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