On the meaning of prepositions and cases : the expression of semantic roles in ancient Greek

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Label

On the meaning of prepositions and cases : the expression of semantic roles in ancient Greek

Title remainder

the expression of semantic roles in ancient Greek

Statement of responsibility

Silvia Luraghi

Creator

• Luraghi, Silvia, 1958-
• Luraghi, Silvia, 1958-

Subject

• Greek language -- Case
• Greek language -- Prepositions
• Greek language -- Semantics

Language

eng

Summary

Prepositions and cases constitute a fruitful field of research for semantics. The historical development of their meaning can shed light on the relations among the semantic roles of participants and on the organization of conceptual space. Ancient Greek allows an in-depth study of such development. The book, based on a wide, diachronically ordered corpus, aims at providing a usage-based analysis of possible patterns of semantic extension, including the mapping of abstract domains onto the concrete domain of space. An analysis of the Greek data further highlights the interplay between specific

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• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

485/.7

Index

index present

LC call number

PA355

LC item number

.L87 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography

Series statement

Studies in language companion series

Series volume

67