ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1990, is a study of both the specific syntactic changes in the more recent stages of Greek and of the nature of syntactic change in general. Guided by the constraints and principles of Universal Grammar, this hypothesis of this study allows for an understanding of how these changes in Greek syntax occurred and so provides insight into the mechanism of syntactic change. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

chapter 1|12 pages

The Question of Methodology

chapter 2|40 pages

The History of the Infinitive in Greek

chapter 3|36 pages

Object Deletion

chapter 4|24 pages

Object Raising

chapter 5|48 pages

Thelo:-Futures and Clause Union

chapter 6|18 pages

Theories of Syntactic Change

chapter 7|20 pages

Explanation of the Object Deletion Changes

chapter 8|14 pages

Explanation of the Object Raising Changes

chapter 9|10 pages

The Change in the Thelo-Futures

chapter 10|12 pages

Infinitival Relatives

chapter 11|24 pages

Raising and Reflexives

chapter 12|12 pages

Towards a Model of Syntactic Change