Ancient Greek Verb-Initial Compounds: Their Diachronic Development Within the Greek Compound System

by Olga Tribulato

This book provides a brand new treatment of Ancient Greek (AG) verb-first (V1) compounds. In AG, the very existence of this type is surprising: its left-oriented structure goes against the right-oriented structure of the compound system, in which there also exists a large class of verb-final (V2) compounds (many of which express the same agentive semantics). While past studies have privileged either the historical dimension or the assessment of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110415763
• ISBN13: 9783110415766
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"