[B-Greek] New book on Moods in Homeric Greek
James Spinti
JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Mon Dec 3 08:52:03 EST 2007
Not totally on topic, but I know Carl will be interested and it is Greek
:)
There is a new book coming out from Cambridge University Press, "The
Moods of Homeric Greek."
Here is their blurb:
"Homeric Greek has a particularly rich system of moods which are
analysed afresh in this book in the light of recent theoretical interest
in the semantic domain of modality. The domain is one of the most
complex and interesting, since modal forms are used for the most
'subjective' of messages, expressing our beliefs, intentions, desires,
abilities and wishes. Incorporating findings from the theory of
grammaticalisation, this study considers the Homeric Greek modal system
from a diachronic perspective and offers a radical revision of
traditional accounts. Providing insights into both individual
constructions as well as the overall system of modality in Greek, it
will be of interest to general linguists, linguists studying ancient
Greek, and also scholars interested in fundamental questions of meaning
in Greek. The indices, where all the instances of the moods in the
Homeric poems are categorised into types, also make it useful as a
research tool"
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521879884
Drawback: the price is $99.00. Looks like a trip to the local library...
James
P.S. Eisenbrauns won't be carrying it, too far out of our normal niche
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