Ancient Greek accentuation : synchronic patterns, frequency effects, and prehistory /
The accentuation of many categories of ancient Greek word has long been considered arbitrary, but Philomen Probert points to some striking features and argues that they give clues to aspects of the prehistory of the accent system. Focusing on Greek nouns and adjectives with certain suffixes, she fin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006
Oxford ; New York : 2006 |
| Series: | Oxford classical monographs
Oxford classical monographs |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Evidence for the Greek accent ; Some background on the Greek accentuation ; Continuity and change in Greek accentuation ; A brief history of scholarship on the Greek accent
- Pt. II. Introduction to part II ; Words with suffix -ro- ; Words with suffix -to- ; Words with suffix -no- ; Words with suffix -lo- ; Preliminary conclusions ; Words with suffix -mo- ; Complex caland formations ; Summary and further consequences
- pt. I. Evidence for the Greek accent ; Some background on the Greek accentuation ; Continuity and change in Greek accentuation ; A brief history of scholarship on the Greek accent
- pt. II. Introduction to part II ; Words with suffix -ro- ; Words with suffix -to- ; Words with suffix -no- ; Words with suffix -lo- ; Preliminary conclusions ; Words with suffix -mo- ; Complex caland formations ; Summary and further consequences
- 1 Evidence for the Greek Accent 15
- 1.2 Accents without accent marks 16
- 1.3 Grammarians 21
- 1.4 Papyri 45
- 1.5 Fragments of ancient Greek music 47
- 1.6 The manuscript tradition 48
- 1.7 Early medieval Greek accentuation 50
- 2 Some Background on Greek Accentuation 53
- 2.2 Definition of accent 53
- 2.3 Phonetic nature of the Greek accent 55
- 2.4 Domain of the Greek accent 57
- 2.5 The use of the three accent marks 58
- 2.6 'Fixed' versus 'free' accent 59
- 2.7 Limitations on the position of the Greek accent 60
- 2.8 Final diphthongs 61
- 2.9 Possible positions for the Greek accent 62
- 2.10 Unaccented words 69
- 2.11 The accentuation of dialects other than the Koine 70
- 2.12 Extent and consistency of our information on the accentuation of Hellenistic Koine 74
- 3 Continuity and Change in Greek Accentuation 83
- 3.2 Continuity 83
- 3.3 Greek innovations 86
- 4 A Brief History of Scholarship on the Greek Accent 97
- 4.2 From antiquity to the Renaissance 97
- 4.3 From Erasmus to 1800 98
- 4.4 Data gatherers of the 1800s: Gottling and Chandler 103
- 4.5 Comparative treatments of the Greek accent 103
- 4.6 Treatments of historical problems within Greek 108
- 4.7 Generative treatments of Greek accentuation 112
- 5 Introduction to Part II 127
- 5.1 Irregularity in Greek accentuation: why in need of explanation? 127
- 5.2 Synchronic characteristics of the Greek accent system (i): the status of recessive accentuation 128
- 5.3 Synchronic characteristics of the Greek accent system (ii): the role of morphology 144
- 5.4 Exceptions to morphologically conditioned accent rules 148
- 6 Words with Suffix -[rho]o- 155
- 6.1 Formation 155
- 6.2 Comparative evidence 159
- 6.3 Descriptive accounts 163
- 6.4 Analysis of data 165
- 7 Words with Suffix -[tau]o- 174
- 7.1 Formation of adjectives 174
- 7.2 Formation of nouns 176
- 7.3 Data included and excluded 181
- 7.4 Comparative evidence 181
- 7.5 Descriptive accounts 183
- 7.6 Analysis of data 184
- 8 Words with Suffix -[nu]o- 197
- 8.1 Formation 197
- 8.2 Comparative evidence 199
- 8.3 Descriptive accounts 199
- 8.4 Analysis of data 201
- 9 Words with Suffix -[lambda]o- 209
- 9.1 Formation 209
- 9.2 Comparative evidence 210
- 9.3 Describing the accentuation of words in -[lambda]o- 212
- 9.4 Evaluation of previous claims and summary of results 223
- 10 Preliminary Conclusions 227
- 10.2 Nouns with suffixes -[rho]o-, -[tau]o-, and -[nu]o- 227
- 10.3 Words with suffix -[lambda]o- 236
- 11 Words with Suffix -[mu]o- 238
- 11.1 Formation 238
- 11.2 Comparative evidence 238
- 11.3 Problems to be considered 240
- 11.4 Descriptive accounts 242
- 11.6 Weight of the penultimate syllable 245
- 11.7 Abstractness versus concreteness of meaning 248
- 11.8 Synchronic transparency of derivation 251
- 11.9 Root vocalism 255
- 12 Complex Caland Formations 259
- 12.2 Formation of adjectives in -[iota mu]o- 268
- 12.3 Formation of adjectives in -[upsilon mu]o- 269
- 12.4 Formation of adjectives in -[iota nu]o- 270
- 12.5 Formation of adjectives in -[upsilon nu]o- 276
- 12.6 Explaining the recessive accent of adjectives in -[iota mu]o-, -[upsilon mu]o-, -[iota nu]o-, and -[upsilon nu]o- 277
- 12.7 Further Greek evidence for recessive accentuation in complex Caland formations 283
- 12.8 Comparative evidence for the accentuation of complex Caland formations and evidence from ablaut 286
- 13 Summary and Further Consequences 289
- 13.1 Summary of results 289
- 13.2 Further applications 294
- 13.3 Cross-linguistic parallels 300
- 13.4 Consequences for Indo-European accentology 305
- 13.5 Consequences for linguistic theory 308
- 13.6 Consequences for the understanding of accentual change 310
- 13.7 A footnote: do the conclusions reached here imply the literal existence of synchronic morphophonological rules? 311
- 1 Data for Chapter 6 317
- 1.1 Adjectives with suffix -[rho]o- 317
- 1.2 Nouns with suffix -[rho]o- 332
- 2 Data for Chapter 7 338
- 2.1 Adjectives with suffix -[tau]o- 338
- 2.2 Nouns with suffix -[tau]o- 342
- 3 Data for Chapter 8 351
- 3.1 Adjectives with suffix -[nu]o- 351
- 3.2 Nouns with suffix -[nu]o- 356
- 4 Data for Chapter 9 364
- 4.1 Adjectives with suffix -[lambda]o- 364
- 4.2 Nouns with suffix -[lambda]o- 370
- 5 Data for Chapter 11: Nouns with suffix -[mu]o- 379
- 1 Evidence for the Greek accent
- 2. Some background on Greek accentuation
- 3. Continuity and change in Greek accentuation
- 4. A brief history of scholarship on the Greek accent
- 5. Introduction to part II
- 6. Words with suffix -[rho]o-
- 7. Words with suffix -[tau]o-
- 8. Words with suffix -[nu]o-
- 9. Words with suffix -[lambda]o-
- 10. Preliminary conclusions
- 11. Words with suffix -[mu]o-
- 12. Complex Caland formations
- 13. Summary and further consequences.