DIK, Helma,
Word Order in Ancient Greek. A Pragmatic Account of Word Order Variation in Herodotus.
Gieben, Amsterdam, 1995. XII,294p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.
'The book's originality for classical scholars lies in the application of Functional Grammar terminolgy to the text of Herodotus and in the naming of constituents of the clauses in terms of the same approach; for the linguist, in commenting on the text of Herodotus under the Functional Grammar perspective. This commentary, where the new apprach is applied and new light is shed on selected passages, does not contribute to a better understanding of Herodotus, or of his historical or philosophical thought. But the functional apprach deciphers in terms of functional grammar, the emphasis on constituents of hte clause and offers a better and more sensitive appraisla of the structure, thus making the reader realize its latent threads. The functional apprach that a difference in order is presumed to reflect a difference in meaning or function is successfully applied to the Greek text.' (I.N. PERYSINAKIS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1997, pp.347-8). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover.
€ 82.50
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