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Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context

Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context

Hardcover

Series: Trends in Classics - Greek and Latin Linguistics, Book 6

Foreign Language GeneralLiterary CriticismLinguistics

ISBN10: 3111179125
ISBN13: 9783111179124
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Aug 15 2025
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.48
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This volume presents the first comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of (in)subordination in Post-Classical Greek (III BCE - VI AD) from a modern linguistic perspective.

The contributions provide new findings into the syntax of the Post-Classical Greek sentence along four main dimensions. First, several studies investigate the diachrony of subordinate and insubordinate clause structures, both in Post-Classical Greek and the history of Greek more generally. Second, contributions demarcate the influence of language contact on the continuity and change of clausal strategies. Third, the diverse syntactic and pragmatic factors involved in different types of finite and non-finite subordination are detailed. Fourth, the phenomenon of subordination as found in specific text types and collections is contextualized, incorporating insights from historical sociolinguistics.

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