Personal profile
Research interests
The main topics of my research are:
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which factors determine the choice of aspect.
Some scholars argue that the determining factors are purely pragmatic and have to do with the informational states of the state of affairs in question (new vs. old information). This seems too simple. It seems better to look for semantic factors, sometimes combined with pragmatic factors.
2. Expressions of the future. Ancient Greek has a synthetic future, but also several analytic expressions. It may now be asked whether in these expressions we have to do with auxiliaries and which factors determine the choice between the synthetic future and the periphrastic expressions.
3. The semantic and pragmatic function of particles in Greek texts and the role they play in the constitution of discourse cohesion or in helping the addressee to find out what the speaker really wants to convey.
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Conditions and conditionals. An investigation of Ancient Greek
Wakker, G., 1994, Amsterdam: Gieben.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
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Discourse Cohesion in Ancient Greek (Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology 16)
Bakker, S. J. & Wakker, G. C., 2009, Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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'Well I will now present my arguments'. Discourse cohesion marked by oun and toinun in Lysias
Wakker, G. C., 2009, Discourse Cohesion in Ancient Greek. Bakker, S. J. & Wakker, G. C. (eds.). Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, p. 63 - 81Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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The Tragic Aorist: A Well-defined and Homogeneous Group?
Wakker, G. C., 4-Dec-2025, From Greece to Cappadadocia: Ancient and Modern Greek Language Studies in Honour of Mark Janse. Bentein, K. & Bagriacik, M. (eds.). Berlin/Leiden: De Gruyter Brill, p. 101-125 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Crisis and Resilience in Hellenistic Poetry
Klooster, J. (Editor), Harder, A. (Editor), Wakker, G. C. (Editor) & Regtuit, R. (Editor), 16-Nov-2023, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
Activities
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7th international conference on Greek Linguistics
Wakker, G. (Invited speaker)
21-Sept-2011 → 22-Sept-2011Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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6th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics
Wakker, G. (Organiser)
27-Jun-2007 → 29-Jun-2007Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
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6th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics
Wakker, G. (Invited speaker)
2007Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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Opposition
Wakker, G. (Member of PhD Examining Committee)
3-Oct-2024Activity: Examination, teaching and supervision › Supervision and examination of PhD students of the UG › Academic
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The Sphinx in Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus / De Sfinx in Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus
Wakker, G. (Speaker)
3-Oct-2024Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Press/Media
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'How do you underbuild that?'; Op Nederlandse universiteiten wordt het Nederlands door het Engels verdrongen
Wakker, G., Hacquebord, H., Draaisma, D. & Woud ,van der, A.
07/03/2009
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular