As in other Indo-European languages, the development of analytical strategies is crucial in Greek, in the renewal of the inherited synthetic perfect. The process is characterized by the emergence of periphrases consisting of a so-to-say “possessive” auxiliary (i.e. ἔχω) and a non-finite item. The pattern is known to most European languages, though, among them, Greek shows early and varied examples of this construction. This paper offers a survey of these periphrastic patterns, which Greek shows from the fifth century B.C. on. Besides plain similarities with other European languages significant differences are singled out.
ḖCHŌ-perfects in Greek: a diachronic view
BRUNO C
2014-01-01
Abstract
As in other Indo-European languages, the development of analytical strategies is crucial in Greek, in the renewal of the inherited synthetic perfect. The process is characterized by the emergence of periphrases consisting of a so-to-say “possessive” auxiliary (i.e. ἔχω) and a non-finite item. The pattern is known to most European languages, though, among them, Greek shows early and varied examples of this construction. This paper offers a survey of these periphrastic patterns, which Greek shows from the fifth century B.C. on. Besides plain similarities with other European languages significant differences are singled out.File in questo prodotto:
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