[B-Greek] More on prepositions

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Mar 27 07:14:38 EDT 2010


There's been a discussion on Classics-L of prepositions, in the course of
which the following have been called attention to:

 Silvia Luraghi, *On the meaning of prepositions and cases: the
expression of semantic roles in ancient Greek*.
(http://books.google.com/books?id=tULhyKKX9nsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Silvia+Luraghi,&source=bl&ots=NQb5BGEHLb&sig=3chjc_kPPIhReJZHKFFl3QG0oIA&hl=en&ei=MuatS4ijBsSqlAenz-HkAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false

= http://tinyurl.com/y8nwrxw)

" Luraghi derives the uses of the prepositions from an original spatial 
orientation (a basic proposition of cognitive linguistics), and goes a 
long way towards making sense of an inherently anarchic situation."

Warning: Linguistics may endanger your mental health. ;-)

And on a lighter note with respect to prepositions, see:

http://comics.com/zoom/314013/


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)




Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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