Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

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ISBN: 9780415232104 | 0415232104
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Copyright: 12/17/2003

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Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Languageis a concise and user-friendly reference guide to the most important aspects of Modern Greek. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections. Explanations are clear and supported by examples throughout. TheGrammaris ideal for learners of all levels and is suitable for those involved in independent study and for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types. Features include: * Lots of examples * Clear explanations of grammatical terms * Discussion of points which often cause problems * Greek/English comparisons and contrasts highlighted Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Languagewill help you read, speak and write with greater confidence.

Preface

Abbreviations and symbols

xiii

Chapter 1 The alphabet and pronunciation

(13)

1.1 The Greek alphabet

(2)

Pronunciation

(7)

1.2 Vowels

(1)

1.3 Combinations of vowels

(1)

1.4 Consonants

(3)

1.5 Combinations of consonants

(2)

1.6 Phonological phenomena across word boundaries

(1)

Stress and intonation

(4)

1.7 Word stress

(1)

1.8 Enclisis

(1)

1.9 Intonation

(3)

Chapter 2 The writing system

(5)

2.1 Accents (the monotonic system)

(1)

2.2 Other diacritics

(1)

2.3 The use of capital and lower-case letters

(1)

2.4 Punctuation

(2)

2.5 The transcription of foreign mines

(1)

Chapter 3 The noun and the noun phrase

(68)

3.1 Constituents of the noun phrase

(1)

3.2 Functions of the noun phrase

(2)

Gender, number and case

(3)

3.3 Gender

(2)

3.4 Number

(1)

3.5 Case

(1)

The articles

(2)

3.6 The forms of the definite article

(1)

3.7 The forms of the indefinite article

(1)

Nouns

(1)

3.8 Declensions: an overview

(1)

Masculine nouns

(8)

3.9 Nouns in -α ζ (parisyllabic)

(3)

3.10 Nouns in -η ζ (parisyllabic)

(1)

3.11 Nouns in -ο ζ

(3)

3.12 Nouns in -ε α &zeta

(1)

3.13 Imparisyllabic nouns in -α ζ -&alpha, ζ -η ζ -η ζ -ε &zeta, -ο υ ζ

(2)

Feminine nouns

(6)

3.14 Nouns in -α (parisyllabic)

(2)

3.15 Nouns in -&eta: with plural -ε &zeta:

(1)

3.16 Nouns in -ο ζ

(1)

3.17 Nouns in -η with plural -ε ι ζ

(1)

3.18 Imparisyllabic nouns in -α and -ο υ

(1)

3.19 Nouns in -ω

(1)

Nouns of common gender

(2)

3.20 Nouns which may be either masculine or feminine

(2)

Neuter nouns

(8)

3.21 Nouns in -ο

(1)

3.22 Nouns in -ι

(1)

3.23 Nouns in -ι

(1)

3.24 Nouns in -ο &zeta

(1)

3.25 Nouns in -μ α

(1)

3.26 Nouns in -ι μ ο

(1)

3.27 Other neuter nouns in -ζ

(1)

3.28 Other neuter nouns ending in vowels

(1)

3.29 Nouns in -ν

(1)

Special types of noun

(2)

3.30 Nouns with a change of gender in the plural

(1)

3.31 Indeclinable nouns

(1)

Adjectives

(1)

3.32 Adjectives in outline

(1)

The forms of adjectives

(9)

3.33 Adjectives in -ο ζ -η -ο

(1)

3.34 Adjectives in -ο ζ -α -ο

(1)

3.35 Adjectives in -ο ζ -ι α -ο

(1)

3.36 Adjectives in -υ ζ -ι α -υ

(1)

3.37 Adjectives in -η &zeta, -ι &alpha, -ι

(1)

3.38 The adjective (quantifier) π ο λ υ ζ

(2)

3.39 Adjectives in -η &zeta, -ε ζ

(1)

3.40 Adjectives with neuter in -ι κ ο

(2)

3.41 Adjectives in -ω ν -ο υ σ &alpha, -ο ν

(1)

3.42 Indeclinable adjectives

(1)

Comparison of adjectives

(4)

3.43 Overview

(1)

3.44 The comparative

(1)

3.45 The relative superlative

(1)

3.46 The absolute superlative

(1)

3.47 Irregular comparatives and superlatives

(2)

The use of noun phrases and of adjectives

(20)

3.48 Agreement within the noun phrase

(1)

3.49 The use of the cases: introduction

(1)

3.50 The use of the nominative

(1)

3.51 The use of the accusative

(3)

3.52 The use of the genitive

(5)

3.53 The use of the vocative

(1)

3.54 The use of the definite article

(4)

3.55 The use of the indefinite article

(1)

3.56 Absence of article

(2)

3.57 The use of adjectives

(4)

Chapter 4 Pronouns and determiners

(18)

4.1 Personal pronouns: weak (clitic) forms

(4)

4.2 Personal pronouns: emphatic forms

(1)

4.3 Demonstrative pronouns and determiners

(2)

4.4 Possessive pronouns and determiners

(1)

4.5 Interrogative pronouns and determiners

(1)

4.6 Indefinite pronouns and determiners

(3)

4.7 Relative and correlative pronouns and determiners

(2)

4.8 The universal pronouns κ α θ ε ν α &zeta and κ α θ ε τ ι and the distributive determiner κ &alpha, θ ε

101

(1)

4.9 Other pronouns and determiners

101

(2)

4.10 Quantifiers

103

(2)

Chapter 5 Numerals

105

(7)

5.1 Table of cardinal and ordinal numerals

105

(3)

5.2 The declined forms of cardinal numerals

108

(1)

5.3 Multiplicative numerals

109

(1)

5.4 Collective numerals

110

(1)

5.5 Numerals in expressions of time, space and quantity

110

(2)

Chapter 6 The verb and the verb phrase

112

(57)

6.1 Introduction to the verb phrase

112

(4)

6.2 Preliminary notes on the verb system

116

(1)

6.3 Person and number

117

(1)

6.4 Tense, aspect, voice and mood

118

(2)

6.5 The use of the tenses and other verb forms

120

(5)

6.6 Defective, impersonal and deponent verbs

125

(1)

The basic forms

125

(16)

6.7 The verb 'to be'

126

(1)

6.8 First-conjugation verbs

126

(4)

6.9 second-conjugation verbs (type A)

130

(4)

6.10 second-conjugation verbs (type B)

134

(3)

6.11 second-conjugation verbs with passive only

137

(1)

6.12 Verbs with contracted active present forms

138

(2)

6.13 Verbs with irregular form of active dependent

140

(1)

The formation of active and passive perfective stems

141

(8)

6.14 Perfective stems of first-conjugation verbs

141

(5)

6.15 Perfective stems of second-conjugation verbs

146

(1)

6.16 The passive perfect participle

147

(2)

The formation of other tenses and verb forms

149

(3)

6.17 The perfective and imperfective futures

149

(1)

6.18 The perfect tenses and the auxiliary verb epsilonchiomega

150

(1)

6.19 The conditional and perfect conditional

151

(1)

6.20 The subjunctive forms

151

(1)

Augment

152

(2)

6.21 Syllabic augment

152

(1)

6.22 Vocalic augment

152

(1)

6.23 Internal augment

153

(1)

Irregular verbs

154

(15)

6.24 Definition of an irregular verb

154

(1)

6.25 Table of irregular verbs

154

(15)

Chapter 7 The adverb and the adverbial phrase

169

(12)

7.1 Types of adverb: manner, place, time, quantity, etc.

169

(4)

7.2 The use of adverbs and adverbial phrases

173

(4)

The formation of adverbs from adjectives

177

(4)

7.3 Adverbs in -α

177

(1)

7.4 Adverbs in -ω &zeta

178

(1)

7.5 Other adverbs formed from adjectives

179

(1)

7.6 Comparison of adverbs

179

(2)

Chapter 8 The preposition and the prepositional phrase

181

(12)

8.1 Introduction to prepositions and prepositional phrases

181

(1)

8.2 The uses of individual prepositions

182

(7)

8.3 Compound prepositions; adverbs used as prepositions

189

(4)

Chapter 9 Conjunctions and particles

193

(10)

9.1 Co-ordinating conjunctions

193

(1)

9.2 Subordinating conjunctions

194

(1)

9.3 Particles

195

(8)

Chapter 10 The clause

203

(38)

10.1 Types of clause

203

(1)

Main clauses

203

(9)

10.2 statements

203

(1)

10.3 suggestions, wishes, requests, promises etc.

204

(1)

10.4 Commands and prohibitions

204

(1)

10.5 Yes/no questions

205

(1)

10.6 Wh- questions

206

(1)

10.7 Negation

207

(4)

10.8 Exclamations

211

(1)

Subordinate clauses

212

(17)

10.9 Relative clauses

212

(4)

10.10 Indirect questions

216

(2)

10.11 Indirect commands

218

(1)

10.12 Complement clauses

218

(5)

10.13 Conditional constructions

223

(2)

10.14 Concessive clauses

225

(1)

10.15 Temporal clauses

226

(1)

10.16 Clauses of manner

227

(1)

10.17 Clauses of purpose (final clauses)

227

(1)

10.18 Clauses of result

227

(1)

10.19 Clauses of cause

228

(1)

Other syntactic phenomena

229

(12)

10.20 Word order, topicalization and focusing

229

(3)

10.21 Co-ordination

232

(2)

10.22 Comparison

234

(3)

10.23 Reflexive expressions

237

(1)

10.24 Reciprocal expressions

238

(1)

10.25 impersonal uses of verbs

239

(2)

Chapter 11 Word formation

241

(7)

11.1 Suffixation

241

(3)

11.2 Prefixation

244

(2)

11.3 Compound formation

246

(2)

Chapter 12 Conversational features

248

(10)

12.1 Politeness and familiarity

248

(3)

12.2 Proper names and pet names

251

(4)

12.3 Greetings and wishes

255

(3)

Appendices

258

(5)

1 Correspondence table of pronouns, determiners and adverbs

258

(2)

2 Some abbreviations in common use

260

(3)

Glossary of grammatical terms

263

(8)

Some recommended books for further study

271

(3)

Index of grammatical categories and concepts

274

(4)

Index of Greek words

278

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