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Sophocles and the Greek Language: Aspects of Diction, Syntax and Pragmatics

Albert Rijksbaron

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Description:This volume offers an extensive overview of the various ways in which Sophocles' use of the Greek language is currently being studied. Greatly admired in antiquity, Sophocles' style only became a serious subject of investigation with Campbell's Introductory essay "On the language of Sophocles" (1879). Fourteen chapters, divided into three sections (diction, syntax, pragmatics), discuss the linguistic register and use of "gnomai" in Ajax' deception speech, Homeric intertextuality, the style of the Sophoclean satyr-plays in relation to tragedy and comedy, the relation between the repetition of words and focalization, the language of blindness, the image of 'fire', the use of deictic pronouns, the semantics of the middle-passive and of counterfactuals, the historic present and the constitution of the text, the suggestive power of descriptions, speech-acts, and strategies of politeness.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sophocles and the Greek Language: Aspects of Diction, Syntax and Pragmatics. To get started finding Sophocles and the Greek Language: Aspects of Diction, Syntax and Pragmatics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 286

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Brill

Release: 2005

ISBN: 9047417429

Description: This volume offers an extensive overview of the various ways in which Sophocles' use of the Greek language is currently being studied. Greatly admired in antiquity, Sophocles' style only became a serious subject of investigation with Campbell's Introductory essay "On the language of Sophocles" (1879). Fourteen chapters, divided into three sections (diction, syntax, pragmatics), discuss the linguistic register and use of "gnomai" in Ajax' deception speech, Homeric intertextuality, the style of the Sophoclean satyr-plays in relation to tragedy and comedy, the relation between the repetition of words and focalization, the language of blindness, the image of 'fire', the use of deictic pronouns, the semantics of the middle-passive and of counterfactuals, the historic present and the constitution of the text, the suggestive power of descriptions, speech-acts, and strategies of politeness.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sophocles and the Greek Language: Aspects of Diction, Syntax and Pragmatics. To get started finding Sophocles and the Greek Language: Aspects of Diction, Syntax and Pragmatics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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