More on Interrogatives in Ancient Greek

After the response I received from my blog post a little bit ago where I made the observation that Dr. Mounce’s guide for determining whether a sentences was a question lacked the most obvious key, the thought occurred to me that I should take a look at the beginning and intermediate grammars (no reference grammars) [...]

New Linguistics Blog in My RSS Feed

I came across a new linguistics blog today: SportLinguist: exploring language and culture from a cognitive perspective Those of you who are interested in such things, should check it out…and I know I have at least one or two readers who do…though many of you visit here for other reasons…

The Middle as a Basic Voice System

Those of you who have followed this blog for any period of time know that one of my keen interests (along with word order, phrase structure, verbal semantics, & pronouns) is the Greek voice system. I found a pdf version of an article online this evening that I had wanted to read for some time. [...]

Review: The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek-Part II

A Review of The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek: A Functional Analysis of the Order and Articulation of NP Constituent in Herodotus by Stephanie Bakker.[1] Hardcover: 324 pages Publisher: Brill (2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 9004177221 ISBN-13: 978-9004177222 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches Get from Amazon Get from Brill Part I (LINK) this [...]

Review: The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek–Part I

A Review of The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek: A Functional Analysis of the Order and Articulation of NP Constituent in Herodotus by Stephanie Bakker.[1] Hardcover: 324 pages Publisher: Brill (2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 9004177221 ISBN-13: 978-9004177222 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches Get from Amazon Get from Brill Part I this review [...]