Greek Interjections

Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics

• Author(s): Lars Nordgren,
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
• Pages: 282
• ISBN_10: 3110394006
  ISBN_13: 9783110394009
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Pragmatics , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax , Computers / Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing ,

Description:...

Interjections in Ancient Greek have long lacked a comprehensive account, despite their frequent occurrence in major texts. The present study of their semantics and pragmatics, encompassing all items encountered in Greek drama from the 5th century BC, applies a moderate minimalism, theory-driven method. Readers are offered a thorough and detailed study of this elusive, and in several respects deviant, class of linguistic items.