Discontinuous Syntax Hyperbaton in Greek

by Devine, A. M.; Stephens, Laurence D.

• ISBN13: 9780195132700
• ISBN10: 019513270X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The interface between syntax and meaning, both semantic and pragmatic, has emerged as perhaps the richest and most fascinating area of current linguistics theory. This study applies some of these ideas to hyperbaton, offering an original new theory with broad applications for our understanding of Greek syntax. Students of epic will find a fresh perspective on orality in Homer while the general classicist will discover a more precise and explicit framework for the analysis of textual meaning in literary research.

Author Biography

A. M. Devine is Professor of Classics at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	x
Y1 Hyperbaton in Prose	3	(30)
Subextraction	3	(6)
Crosscategorial Analysis	9	(11)
Noun phrase	10	(1)
Adjective phrase	11	(1)
Prepositional phrase	12	(1)
Verb phrase	12	(1)
Additional argument or adjunct	13	(2)
Beyond XP	15	(5)
Focus in Continuous Noun Phrases	20	(13)
Focused restrictive adjectives	29	(2)
Y1 hyperbaton	31	(2)
The Meaning of Y1 Hyperbaton in Prose	33	(55)
Modifier class test	33	(3)
Focus	36	(9)
Weak focus	36	(2)
Strong focus	38	(2)
Contrastive focus	40	(1)
Adjectives	40	(4)
Weak and strong focus on modifiers	44	(1)
Y1 Hyperbaton	45	(20)
The Y1 adjective	45	(3)
Descriptive adjectives	48	(4)
The Y2 noun	52	(3)
Informational structure	55	(4)
Complex structures	59	(6)
Association with Focus	65	(6)
Only	66	(2)
Particles	68	(1)
Negation	69	(2)
Meaning and Syntax	71	(17)
Predicational theory	72	(1)
Movement theory	73	(4)
Two-dimensional theories	77	(2)
Hyperbaton	79	(3)
Phrasal domain of hyperbaton	82	(1)
Islands for hyperbaton	83	(5)
Hyperbata Varia	88	(53)
Y2 Hyperbaton	88	(15)
Weak focus Y2 hyperbaton	91	(3)
Nonlexical Y2 hyperbaton	94	(3)
Topic Y2 hyperbaton	97	(5)
Comparative texts	102	(1)
Genitive Hyperbaton	103	(4)
Genitive positions in continuous YPs	103	(3)
Genitive positions in hyperbaton	106	(1)
Hyperbaton in Verse	107	(8)
Nonlexical Y1 hyperbaton	108	(3)
Hyperbaton with prepositional phrases	111	(1)
Lexical Y1	112	(3)
Hyperbata Minora	115	(16)
Conjunct hyperbaton	115	(3)
Clitic hyperbaton	118	(3)
Specifier hyperbaton	121	(1)
Nonhead X hyperbaton	121	(4)
Double hyperbaton	125	(2)
Attribute YP hyperbaton	127	(4)
Nonfinite Clauses	131	(10)
Adjunct participial clauses	131	(2)
Complement clauses	133	(8)
Licensing Hyperbaton	141	(63)
Nonconfigurationality	142	(11)
Some nonconfigurational properties	143	(5)
Hyperbaton and nonconfigurationality	148	(5)
Origins of Hyperbaton	153	(21)
Focus in ditransitive structures	154	(3)
Subject conjunct hyperbaton	157	(3)
Object conjunct hyperbaton	160	(1)
Y2 hyperbaton	161	(4)
Distributed modifiers and complements	165	(1)
Y1 hyperbaton	166	(6)
Other Y1 hyperbata	172	(1)
Domain of hyperbaton	172	(1)
Conclusion	173	(1)
The Meaning of Y2 Adjuncts	174	(18)
Unintegrated interpretation	175	(6)
Integrated interpretation	181	(11)
From Verse to Prose	192	(12)
Y2 hyperbaton positions	194	(3)
Y1 hyperbaton positions	197	(5)
From verse to prose	202	(2)
Phonological Garden Paths	204	(19)
Prosodic Phrase Theory	204	(2)
Orality	206	(3)
Clitic Theory	209	(2)
Prepositional Phrase Hyperbaton	211	(12)
Clitic theory	215	(1)
Clitic theory in tragedy	216	(2)
Clitic theory in Homer	218	(1)
Clitic theory in prose	219	(4)
The Syntax of Y1 Hyperbaton	223	(68)
Representation of hyperbaton in classical Greek	223	(5)
Null Head Modifier Theory	228	(19)
Definites	235	(6)
Indefinites	241	(1)
Descriptive Y2 adjectives	242	(1)
Universal quantifier	243	(2)
Predicative adjectives	245	(1)
Partitives	246	(1)
Complex Predicate Theory	247	(20)
Nonreferential noun phrases	250	(4)
Projection of definiteness	254	(4)
Y1 hyperbaton	258	(5)
The Y2 noun	263	(4)
Typological Support	267	(5)
Evidence from Romance	267	(2)
Incorporation	269	(2)
Hyperbaton in a typological perspective	271	(1)
Argument Ranking	272	(19)
Subject-complement asymmetry	274	(2)
Active-passive subject asymmetry	276	(1)
Unergative-unaccusative asymmetry	276	(3)
Direct-indirect object asymmetry	279	(1)
Complement-adjunct asymmetry	280	(1)
Pronouns and adverbs	281	(1)
Analysis	282	(3)
Verse	285	(1)
Exceptions	286	(2)
Theoretical implications	288	(3)
Glossary	291	(14)
Transliterated Examples with Word-for-Word Translations	305	(25)
Bibliography	330	(12)
Index nominum	342	(4)
Index rerum	346