Abstract
Coordinative conjunction in Ancient Greek is particularly interesting from the typological point of view, because two coordinators, -τε and καί, are present in the same system and because the rare mixed pattern [A-τε καί B] frequently occurs. However, this pattern has received little scholarly attention, and conjunction in Ancient Greek has not been studied from a typological perspective. Such perspective is adopted here to analyse the conjunctive strategies in the second book of the Histories of Herodotus. Two statistically significant functional asymmetries are detected between the two more frequent strategies, the mixed pattern and monosyndetic καί. For the mixed pattern a possible origin is also proposed. Finally, conjunction in Herodotus’ Greek was already acquiring the characteristics of the Standard Average European area.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Ancient Greek Linguistics |
| Editors | Jesús de la Villa, Araceli Striano, Rodrigo Verano |
| Place of Publication | Berlin |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Brill |
| Pages | 569-585 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783111648644 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783111633619 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22-Aug-2025 |
| Event | International Conference of Ancient Greek Linguistics - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Madrid, Spain Duration: 16-Jun-2022 → 18-Jun-2022 https://icaglmadrid2021.home.blog/ |
Publication series
| Name | Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics |
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| Publisher | De Gruyter Brill |
| Volume | 5 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2940-6374 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2940-6382 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference of Ancient Greek Linguistics |
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| Abbreviated title | ICAGL |
| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Madrid |
| Period | 16/06/2022 → 18/06/2022 |
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Keywords
- coordination
- typology
- syntax
- Ancient Greek
- Herodotus
- conjunction