Postclassical Greek: Contemporary Approaches to Philology and Linguistics

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. Acknowledgements Contents Postclassical Greek. An Overview Section I: Grammatical Categories Purpose and Result Clauses: ἵνα-hína and ὥστε-hōʹste in the Greek Documentary Papyri of the Roman Period Syntactic Factors in the Greek Genitive- Dative Syncretism: The Contribution of New Testament Greek Future Periphrases in John Malalas Combining Linguistics, Paleography and Papyrology: The Use of the Prepositions eis, prós and epí in Greek Papyri Future Forms in Postclassical Greek. Some Remarks on the Septuagint and the New Testament Greek Infinitive-Retreat versus Grammaticalization: An Assessment Postclassical Greek and Treebanks for a Diachronic Analysis Section II: Sociolinguistic Aspects and Variation The Perfect Paradigm in Theodosius’ Κανόνες: Diathetically Indifferent and Diathetically Non-Indifferent Forms Forms of the Directive Speech Act: Evidence from Early Ptolemaic Papyri What’s in a (personal) Name? Morphology and Identity in Jewish Greek Literature in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Confusion of Mood or Phoneme? The Impact of L1 Phonology on Verb Semantics Change in Grammatical and Lexical Structures in Postclassical Greek: Local Dialects and Supradialectal Tendencies Index