Greek Word Order
, by Dover, Kenneth J.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781853996047 | 1853996041
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/24/2000
The order of words in a Greek sentence is much freer and less predictable than in most European languages. The author explains and illustrates the principles which govern word order in Greek. He finds three: the tendency of certain words to take a constant position; certain types of logical relation between the sentence and its context; and the tendency to adhere to familiar patterns. His three main chapters discuss word order dictated by lexical or semantic, by syntactical, and by logical determinants