Discontinuous syntax
Subtitle: hyperbaton in Greek
By: A.M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens.
Contributors: Stephens, Laurence D.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Homer -- Language.; Greek language -- Word order.; Oral-formulaic analysis.; Greek language -- Syntax.; Rhetoric, Ancient.
Description: "The most immediately obvious difference between Greek and English syntax is free word order, and phrasal discontinuity is the starkest manifestation of free word order. What sort of syntactic typology, one wonders, could license sentences like A red he bought shirt and A shirt he bought red, and what semantic or pragmatic meanings do such word orders convey?".

"Offering an original new theory to explain the phenomenon, Discontinuous Syntax applies some of these recent ideas in a detailed analysis of phrasal discontinuity as it appears at different stages in the history of ancient Greek. It goes well beyond its immediate topic in leading to a deeper understanding of the basic character of Greek syntax, as well as providing the non-specialist with a handy Greek-oriented introduction to some essential tools of linguistic analysis."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Text in English with phrases and examples in Greek.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-341) and index.