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Experiential Verbs in Homeric Greek: A Constructional Approach

By Silvia Luraghi

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2020
ISBN
9004442529, 9789004442528
DOI
10.1163/9789004442528
Google Books ID
8DcHEAAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3299598 bytes)
Series
Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture 27
Pages
326\326
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2020-11-18 16:46:59

Description

In Experiential Verbs in Homeric Greek:.A Constructional Approach Silvia Luraghi offers a comprehensive account of construction variation with two-place verbs belonging to different sub-domains of experience (including bodily sensation, perception, cognition, emotion and volitionality) in the Homeric language. Traditionally, variation is ascribed to the independent meaning of cases that mark the second argument, and explanations have focused on properties of the latter. By taking a constructional approach, the author shows that construction variation also brings about differences in the conceptualization of the subject/experiencer by pointing to different degrees of control and awareness. Variation is then shown to reflect the embodied construal of experience along with the social dimension of emotions.

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