The syntax and semantics of the perfect active in literary Koine Greek /

The syntax and semantics of the perfect active in literary Koine Greek /

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Author / Creator:	Crellin, Robert Samuel David, author.
Imprint:	Chicester, West Sussex, United Kingdom ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. ©2016
Description:	iv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Publications of the Philological Society ; 47 Publications of the Philological Society ; 47.
Subject:	Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) -- Tense. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) -- Syntax. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) -- Semantics. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) -- Semantics. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) -- Syntax.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10894483

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Other authors / contributors:	Philological Society (Great Britain)
ISBN:	9781119243540 1119243548
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-268) and index.
Summary:	"Offers a comprehensive and unified account of the Greek perfect that considers its behaviour in terms of tense and aspect, as well as voice (or diathesis) - Features insights from the neo-Davidsonian and Chomskyan semantic traditions while addressing the perfect tense in Koine Greek - Incorporates syntactic and semantic frameworks to provide an account of the perfect in terms of the causative alternation and aspectual classes of predicate - Utilizes a large corpus of material that has not been previously discussed in a linguistic sense relating to the question of the semantics of the Greek perfect; Primarily for linguists, academics, and researchers specializing in Koine Greek; also for scholars of New Testament Greek linguistics, Classical Greek linguistics, and linguists working on Old Indo-European languages" --

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Summary:	<p> The Syntax and Semantics of the Perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek incorporates linguistic insights from both neo-Davidsonian and Chomskyan traditions to present a unified semantic description of the perfect and pluperfect in literary Koine Greek.</p> Offers a comprehensive and unified account of the Greek perfect that considers its behaviour in terms of tense and aspect, as well as voice (or diathesis) Features insights from the neo-Davidsonian and Chomskyan semantic traditions while addressing the perfect tense in Koine Greek Incorporates syntactic and semantic frameworks to provide an account of the perfect in terms of the causative alternation and aspectual classes of predicate Utilizes a large corpus of material that has not been previously discussed in a linguistic sense relating to the question of the semantics of the Greek perfect
Physical Description:	iv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-268) and index.
ISBN:	9781119243540 1119243548