Word Order in Greek Tragic Dialogue by Helma Dik (English) Hardcover Book

by Helma Dik

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Word Order in Greek Tragic Dialogue by Helma Dik Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A study of dialogue in Greek tragedy not as poetry in the first instance but as dialogue between the characters on stage. Which words do they highlight? What is the effect of this highlighting? The various chapters focus on sets of sentences that have similar meanings but different word order, so that the effects of word order can be teased out. Publisher Description 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 assumption that poets would not be overly constrained by the iambic trimeter, which, after all, was the most natural speaking verse according to Aristotle. Dik analyses theword order of tragic dialogue in pragmatic terms, arguing that, in sentences, words functioning as Topic (the starting point of an utterance) or Focus (the most salient piece of information) will comeearly, and that other less important words will follow. Similarly, the position of adjectives within noun phrases is analysed as a function of their relative salience rather than in terms of their semantics. This approach aims to account for word order in sentences generally, but it also allows for a new interpretation of fami

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199279296
• Condition: Fine

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