Ancient Greek accentuation : synchronic patterns, frequency effects, and prehistory / Philomen Probert.

"The accentuation of many categories of ancient Greek word has long been considered arbitrary, but Philomen Probert points to some striking features and argues that they give clues to aspects of the prehistory of the accent system. Focusing on Greek nouns and adjectives with certain suffixes, s...

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Main Author: Probert, Philomen
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford classical monographs.
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