The reflexes of syllabic liquids in ancient Greek linguistic prehistory of the Greek dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache
"How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like [androtēta kai ēbēn]? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as [tetratos] beside [tetartos] originate? In this book, you will find the first systematic and comple...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Brill
2022, [2022]
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| Series: | Leiden studies in Indo-European
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like [androtēta kai ēbēn]? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as [tetratos] beside [tetartos] originate? In this book, you will find the first systematic and complete account of the syllabic liquids in Ancient Greek. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and innovative etymological treatment of material from all dialects, including Mycenaean. A new model of linguistic change in the epic tradition is used to tackle two hotly-debated problems: metrical irregularities in Homer (including muta cum liquida) and the double reflex. The proposed solution has important consequences for Greek dialect classification and the prehistory of Epic language and meter"-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) - Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 2013 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9789004469730 9004469745 |