21.3786, Qs: Classical and Hellenistic Greek: Passive Perfect

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Subject: 21.3786, Qs: Classical and Hellenistic Greek: Passive Perfect

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Date: 19-Sep-2010
From: Erika Cancellu < sawadee46 at hotmail.com >
Subject: Classical and Hellenistic Greek: Passive Perfect
 

	
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:54:41
From: Erika Cancellu [sawadee46 at hotmail.com]
Subject: Classical and Hellenistic Greek: Passive Perfect

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Hello LINGUIST subscribers,

I have a problem in understanding the true semantic value of the 
Passive Perfect in Classical Greek. I would like to know if anybody 
thinks that it is an aspectual category. My interest does not lie in the 
earliest phases of Greek Language, but mostly in the Greek of 
Aristotle, Autolycus of Pitane, and the scientific treatises written in the 
Classical/Hellenistic Age. 

I am looking for articles and discussions about the semantic value of 
Passive Perfect in Classical (and Hellenistic) Greek for my dissertation.

I have had trouble in finding a specific bibliography on this topic. I have 
read Pierre Chantraine, "Historie du Parfait Grec," and am an avid 
reader of William W. Goodwin, Albert Rijksbaron, Andreas Willi, Andrè 
Sauge, Domenica Romagno, and also Costantine R. Campbell. 
Romagno's book, "Il perfetto omerico", is available only in Italian, while 
Andrè Sauge's "Les degrés du verbe", is written in French and I guess 
there is not a translation in English. I am also familiar with Campbell's 
2008 book, "Verbal aspect and non-indicative verbs: further soundings 
in the Greek of the New Testament." Campbell also wrote a quite 
unknown (at least in Italy) book about the indicative verbs in 2007. 

I have also checked in L'Anneè Philologie and Biblioteca linguistica. I 
would like to know if anybody knows of anything more specific.

Thanks a lot for your attention,
Erika Cancellu 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Greek, Ancient (grc)




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