Negation and Nonveridicality in the History of Greek.

This book provides a thorough investigation of the expression of sentential negation in the history of Greek, based on extensive data from major stages of the language. It also provides a new semantic interpretation of Jespersen's cycle that explains the Greek developments and those in other la...

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Main Author: Chatzopoulou, Katerina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2018.
Series:Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book provides a thorough investigation of the expression of sentential negation in the history of Greek, based on extensive data from major stages of the language. It also provides a new semantic interpretation of Jespersen's cycle that explains the Greek developments and those in other languages.
Item Description:4: Developments in Hellenistic-Roman times and the Nonveridicality projection (third century bc to fourth century ad).
Physical Description:1 online resource (283 pages)
ISBN:9780191021183
0191021180