Word Order in Greek Tragic Dialogue.

Word Order in Greek Tragic Dialogue.

Helma Dik approaches word order in Greek tragic dialogue from the perspective of language rather than metre. The tragic poets engaged in mimesis of natural dialogue; therefore the analysis of the linguistic characteristics of the dialogue precedes exploration of the metrical dimension, on the assump...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online 2007.
Subjects:
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Greek language > Word order.
Dialogue.
Dialogue
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Greek language > Word order
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables; Abbreviations and Symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Accounting for Word Order Variation in Greek; 3. Tragic Ways of Dying: Word Order in the Clause; 4. Word Order in the Noun Phrase; 5. Enter Dialogue: Questions in Sophocles and Euripides; 6. Back to the Trimeter; 7. Back to the Text: Four Readings in Sophocles' Electra; 8. Conclusion: Reading Word Order, Slowly; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Passages

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