Greek : a comprehensive grammar / David Holton, Peter Mackridge & Irene Philippaki-Warburton
- Author:
- Spyropoulos, Vassilios
- Published:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed. / revised by Vassilios Spyropoulos.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 648 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Holton, David, Mackridge, Peter, and Philippaki-Warburton, Irene
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The sound and writing systems -- ch. 1 The sound system -- 1.1.Phonologically distinct segments -- 1.1.1.The consonants -- 1.1.1.1.The pronunciation of each consonant phoneme -- 1.1.1.2.The sounds [ts] and [dz] -- 1.1.1.3.The consonants of Greek -- 1.1.2.The vowels -- 1.1.3.The palatals [j], [c] and [n] -- 1.2.The distribution of distinctive segments within the word -- 1.2.1.Consonant and consonant clusters -- 1.2.1.1.Consonants and consonant clusters in word-final position -- 1.2.1.2.Consonants and consonant clusters in word-initial position -- 1.2.1.3.Consonants and consonant clusters in word-medial position -- 1.2.1.4.Alternations of consonant clusters -- 1.2.2.Vowels and combinations of vowels -- 1.2.3.Diphthongs -- 1.3.Morphophonemics: phonological phenomena across morpheme and word boundaries -- 1.3.1.Assimilation -- 1.3.2.Dissimilation in manner of articulation -- 1.3.3.Deletion -- 1.3.3.1.Consonant deletion -- 1.3.3.2.Vowel deletion -- 1.4.Length -- 1.5.Stress -- 1.5.1.Stress within a single grammatical word -- 1.5.2.Phonological phenomena affecting the position of stress -- 1.5.2.1.Stress patterns in nouns -- 1.5.2.2.Adjectives -- 1.5.2.3.Verbs -- 1.5.3.Stress within a phonological word -- 1.6.Intonation -- 1.6.1.Utterance intonational patterns -- 1.6.2.Intonation peak -- 1.6.3.Emphatic intonation -- 1.6.4.Contrastive stress -- ch. 2 The writing system -- 2.1.The alphabet -- 2.1.1.Variations in spelling -- 2.1.2.The transcription of unassimilated foreign words -- 2.1.3.The use of Roman characters -- 2.1.4.The use of capital and lower-case letters -- 2.2.Diacritics (the monotonic system) -- 2.2.1.The traditional diacritic system -- 2.3.Punctuation -- 2.3.1.Hyphens and syllable division -- pt. II Morphology -- Introduction -- ch. 1 The articles -- 1.1.The definite article -- 1.2.The indefinite article -- ch. 2 Nouns -- 2.1.Masculine nouns -- 2.1.1.Nouns in -ασ (parisyllabic) -- 2.1.2.Nouns in ησ (parisyllabic) -- 2.1.3.Nouns in -oσ -- 2.1.4.Nouns in -εασ -- 2.1.5.Nouns in ησ with plural εισ -- 2.1.6.Imparisyllabic nouns in -ασ, -ασ, -ησ-ησ-εσ-oυσ -- 2.1.7.The irregular noun μυσ -- 2.2.Feminine nouns -- 2.2.1.Nouns in -α (parisyllabic) -- 2.2.2.Nouns in -η with plural -εσ -- 2.2.3.Nouns in -oσ -- 2.2.4.Nouns in -η with plural -εισ -- 2.2.5.Imparisyllabic nouns -- 2.2.6.Nouns in -ω -- 2.3.nouns of common gender -- 2.4.Neuter nouns -- 2.4.1.Nouns in -o -- 2.4.2.Nouns in -ι -- 2.4.3.Nouns in -ι -- 2.4.4.Nouns in -oσ -- 2.4.5.Nouns in -μα -- 2.4.6.Nouns in -ιμo -- 2.4.7.Other neuter nouns in -σ -- 2.4.8.Other neuter nouns ending in vowels -- 2.4.9.Other neuter nouns in -ν -- 2.4.10.Neuter nouns ending in consonants other than -ν or -σ -- 2.5.Table of the most common noun endings -- 2.6.Nouns with a change of gender in the plural -- 2.7.Indeclinable nouns -- 2.8.Learned dative forms -- ch. 3 Adjectives -- 3.1.Adjectives in -oσ, -ν, -o -- 3.2.Adjectives in -oσ, -α, -o -- 3.2.1.Two-termination adjectives in -oσ -- 3.3.Adjectives in -oσ, -ια, -o -- 3.4.Adjectives in -υσ, -ια, -υ -- 3.5.Adjectives in -υσ, -εια, -υ -- 3.6.Adjectives in ησ, -ια, -ι -- 3.7.The adjective (quantifier) πoλυσ -- 3.8.Adjectives in -ησ, -εσ -- 3.9.Adjectives in -ησ, -α, -ικo -- 3.10.Adjectives in -ασ/-ησ, -oυ, -αδικo/oυδικo/ηδικo -- 3.11.Adjectives in ων, -oυσα, -oν -- 3.12.Adjectives -ων/ -oνασ, -oν -- 3.13.Indeclinable adjectives -- 3.14.Comparison of adjectives -- 3.14.1.The comparative -- 3.14.2.The relative superlative -- 3.14.3.The absolute superlative -- 3.14.4.Irregular comparatives and superlatives -- ch. 4 Adverbs -- 4.1.Adverbs in -α -- 4.2.Adverbs in -ωσ -- 4.3.Other adverbs formed from adjectives -- 4.4.Comparison of adverbs -- ch. 5 Pronouns and determiners -- 5.1.Personal pronouns: strong forms -- 5.2.Personal pronouns: weak (clitic) forms -- 5.3.Possessive pronouns and determiners -- 5.4.Demonstratives and other pronouns and determiners -- 5.5.Relative pronouns and determiners -- 5.6.Interrogative pronouns and determiners -- 5.7.Indefinite pronouns and determiners -- 5.8.Reflexive forms -- 5.9.Universal pronouns and determiners -- ch. 6 Numerals -- 6.1.Table of numerals -- 6.2.The declined forms of cardinal numerals -- ch. 7 Verbs -- 7.1.Preliminary notes on the verb system -- 7.1.1.Stems and endings -- 7.1.2.Tense -- 7.1.3.Aspect -- 7.1.4.The perfect tenses and the auxiliary verb εΧω -- 7.1.5.Voice -- 7.1.6.The gerund and the participles -- 7.1.7.Summary of verb endings -- 7.1.8.Stress -- 7.1.9.Defective, impersonal and deponent verbs -- 7.1.10.The verb tables: preliminary remarks -- 7.2.First-conjugation verbs (paraoxytone) -- 7.2.1.Active voice -- 7.2.1.1.Present -- 7.2.1.2.Imperfect -- 7.2.1.3.Simple past -- 7.2.1.4.Dependent -- 7.2.1.5.Perfect -- 7.2.1.6.Pluperfect -- 7.2.1.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.2.1.8.Imperfective imperative -- 7.2.1.9.Perfective imperative -- 7.2.1.10.Gerund and participles -- 7.2.2.Passive voice -- 7.2.2.1.Present -- 7.2.2.2.Imperfect -- 7.2.2.3.Simple past -- 7.2.2.4.Dependent -- 7.2.2.5.Perfect -- 7.2.2.6.Pluperfect -- 7.2.2.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.2.2.8.Perfective imperative -- 7.2.2.9.Present participle -- 7.2.2.10.Perfect participle -- 7.3.Second-conjugation verbs (oxytone type A) -- 7.3.1.Active voice -- 7.3.1.1.Present -- 7.3.1.2.Imperfect -- 7.3.1.3.Simple past -- 7.3.1.4.Dependent -- 7.3.1.5.Perfect -- 7.3.1.6.Pluperfect -- 7.3.2.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.3.1.8.Imperfective imperative -- 7.3.1.9.Perfective imperative -- 7.3.1.10.Gerund and participles -- 7.3.2.Passive voice -- 7.3.2.1.Present -- 7.3.2.2.Imperfect -- 7.3.2.3.Simple past -- 7.3.2.4.Dependent -- 7.3.2.5.Perfect -- 7.3.2.6.Pluperfect -- 7.3.2.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.3.2.8.Perfective imperative -- 7.3.2.9.Present participle -- 7.3.2.10.Perfect participle -- 7.4.Second-conjugation verbs (oxytone type B) -- 7.4.1.Active voice -- 7.4.1.1.Present -- 7.4.1.2.Imperfect -- 7.4.1.3.Simple past -- 7.4.1.4.Dependent -- 7.4.1.5.Perfect -- 7.4.1.6.Pluperfect -- 7.4.1.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.4.1.8.Imperfective imperative -- 7.4.1.9.Perfective imperative -- 7.4.1.10.Gerund and participles -- 7.4.2.Passive voice -- 7.4.2.1.Present -- 7.4.2.2.Imperfect -- 7.4.2.3.Simple past -- 7.4.2.4.Dependent -- 7.4.2.5.Perfect -- 7.4.2.6.Pluperfect -- 7.4.2.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.4.2.8.Perfective imperative -- 7.4.2.9.Present participle -- 7.4.2.10.Perfect participle -- 7.5.Verbs with contracted active present forms -- 7.5.1.Present -- 7.5.2.Other tenses and moods -- 7.6.Verbs with oxytone active dependent -- 7.7.Second-conjugation verbs with passive only -- 7.7.1.Present -- 7.7.2.Imperfect -- 7.7.3.Simple past -- 7.7.4.Dependent -- 7.7.5.Perfect -- 7.7.6.Pluperfect -- 7.7.7.Future, conditional, etc. (forms with θα) -- 7.7.8.Perfective imperative -- 7.7.9.Perfect participle -- 7.8.The verb `to be' -- 7.8.1.Present -- 7.8.2.Imperfect -- 7.8.3.Future and conditional -- 7.9.Formation of active and passive perfective stems -- 7.9.1.First-conjugation verbs (paroxytone) -- 7.9.2.Second-conjugation verbs (oxytone) -- 7.9.3.The phonology of certain passive perfective stems -- 7.10.Augment -- 7.10.1.Syllabic augment -- 7.10.2.Vocalic augment -- 7.10.3.Internal augment -- 7.10.3.1.Internal syllabic augment -- 7.10.3.2.Internal vocalic augment -- 7.11.The passive perfect participle -- 7.11.1.Reduplication -- 7.12.Learned verb forms -- 7.12.1.Learned finite forms -- 7.12.2.Learned participles -- 7.13.Table of irregular verbs -- ch. 8 Derivational morphology and other word formation processes -- 8.1.Derivation -- 8.1.1.Suffixation -- 8.1.1.1.Suffixes which form verbs -- 8.1.1.2.Suffixes which form nouns -- 8.1.1.3.Suffixes which form adjectives -- 8.1.2.Prefixation -- 8.1.3.Conversion -- 8.2.Compounds -- 8.2.1.The linking vowel -- 8.2.2.Special types of compounds -- 8.2.2.1.Compounds with a bound element as second part -- 8.2.2.2.Compounds with a prefix-like element as first part -- 8.2.3.Phrasal compounds -- 8.2.4.Word-word compounds -- 8.3.Acronyms -- pt. III Syntax -- ch. 1 The verb and the verb phrase -- 1.1.The constituents of the verb phrase -- 1.1.1.Objects -- 1.1.1.1.Intransitive verbs -- 1.1.1.2.Monotransitive verbs -- 1.1.1.2.1.Monotransitives with full noun phrase direct object -- 1.1.1.2.2.Monotransitives with full noun phrase indirect object -- 1.1.1.3.Bitransitive verbs with full noun phrase indirect object -- 1.1.1.3.1.Indirect object in genitive and accusative case -- 1.1.1.3.2.Prepositional phrase indirect object -- 1.1.1.4.Transitive verbs with clitic pronouns as objects -- 1.1.1.5.Clitic doubling -- 1.1.1.6.Prepositional phrase complements -- 1.1.2.Verb phrase adverbials -- 1.2.Person and number -- 1.2.1.Personal verbs and agreement -- 1.2.2.Impersonal verbs -- 1.3.Mood and modality -- 1.3.1.Indicative -- 1.3.2.Subjunctive -- 1.3.2.1.Omissibility of the subjunctive particle να -- 1.3.2.1.1.Prohibitions -- 1.3.3.Positive imperative -- 1.3.4.Other modalities -- 1.3.4.1.Conditional -- 1.3.4.2.Optative -- 1.3.4.3.Obligation --, Contents note continued: 1.3.4.4.Possibility and ability -- 1.3.4.5.Probability and inference -- 1.4.Voice -- 1.4.1.Active -- 1.4.2.Passive -- 1.4.2.1.The reflexive use of the passive -- 1.4.2.2.The reciprocal use of the passive -- 1.4.3.Deponent verbs -- 1.5.Aspect -- 1.5.1.Imperfective -- 1.5.2.Perfective -- 1.5.2.1.The dependent -- 1.5.3.Perfect -- 1.6.Tense -- 1.6.1.Present -- 1.6.2.Imperfect -- 1.6.3.Simple past -- 1.6.4.Future and conditional -- 1.6.4.1.Imperfective future -- 1.6.4.2.Perfective future -- 1.6.4.3.α with imperfective past (conditional) -- 1.6.4.4.α with imperfective past -- 1.6.5.Perfect -- 1.6.6.Pluperfect -- 1.6.7.Future perfect -- 1.6.8.α with pluperfect (perfect conditional) -- 1.6.9.Alternative perfect constructions -- 1.7.The gerund -- 1.8.Participles -- 1.8.1.Active voice participles -- 1.8.1.1.Active present participle -- 1.8.1.2.Active past participle -- 1.8.2.Passive voice participles -- 1.8.2.1.Passive perfect participle -- 1.8.2.2.Passive present participle -- 1.8.2.3.Passive past participle -- 1.9.The syntax of linking (copular) verbs -- 1.9.1.The verb ειμαι with adjectival and nominal predicates -- 1.9.2.The verb ειμαι with adverbials and prepositional phrases -- 1.9.3.Other linking verbs taking nominal and adjectival predicates -- ch. 2 The noun and the noun phrase -- 2.1.The constituents of the noun phrase -- 2.2.Gender -- 2.2.1.Natural and grammatical gender -- 2.2.2.The gender of indeclinable nouns -- 2.3.Number -- 2.4.Case -- 2.4.1.Nominative -- 2.4.2.Accusative -- 2.4.2.1.The accusative in adverbial use -- 2.4.3.Genitive -- 2.4.3.1.The genitive dependent on a verb -- 2.4.3.2.The genitive dependent on a noun -- 2.4.3.3.The genitive dependent on an adjective, numeral, pronoun or determiner -- 2.4.3.4.The genitive in exclamations -- 2.4.3.5.Idiomatic noun phrases in the genitive -- 2.4.3.6.The genitive governed by a preposition -- 2.4.3.7.The genitive of noun phrases in elliptical constructions -- 2.4.3.8.The genitive absolute -- 2.4.4.Vocative -- 2.4.5.Dative -- 2.5.The articles -- 2.5.1.The definite article -- 2.5.2.The indefinite article -- 2.5.3.Noun phrases without an article -- 2.6.The adjective -- 2.6.1.The substantivization of adjectives -- 2.6.2.The comparative and superlative of adjectives -- 2.7.Numerals -- 2.8.Pronouns and miscellaneous determiners -- 2.8.1.Pronouns -- 2.8.1.1.Personal pronouns -- 2.8.1.1.1.Weak (clitic) personal pronouns -- 2.8.1.1.2.Strong personal pronouns -- 2.8.1.2.Other pronouns -- 2.8.1.2.1.The indefinite (assertive) pronoun κατιτι -- 2.8.1.2.2.The universal pronouns καθενασ and καθετι -- 2.8.1.2.3.The reflexive pronoun phrase o εαυτoσ μoυ -- 2.8.1.2.4.The quantifiers τo παν, oι παντεσ τα παντα -- 2.8.2.The distributive determiner καθε -- 2.8.3.Terms functioning as both pronouns and determiners -- 2.8.3.1.Quantifiers -- 2.8.3.1.1.oλoσ and oλoκληρoσ -- 2.8.3.1.2.Other quantifiers -- 2.8.3.2.The demonstratives αυτoσ, τoυτoσ, εκεινoσ -- 2.8.3.3.The relative pronoun phrase o oπoιoσ -- 2.8.3.4.Indefinite (specific): καπoιoσ, ενασ, κατι, o ταδε, o δεινα -- 2.8.3.5.Indefinite (non-specific): κανεισ κανενασ, τιπoτα -- 2.8.3.6.Interrogative: πoιoσ, τι, πoσoσ -- 2.8.3.7.Qualitative demonstrative: τετoιoσ -- 2.8.3.8.Quantitative demonstrative: τoσoσ -- 2.8.3.9.Free relative: oπoιoσ, o, τι oσoσ oπoιoσδηπoτε, oτιδνπoτε oσoσδηπoτε -- 2.8.3.10.Emphatic possessive: δικoσ μoυ -- 2.8.3.11.Intensive: ιδιoσ, μoνoσ -- 2.8.3.12.Contrastive: αλλoσ -- 2.8.4.Alphabetical list of pronouns and determiners -- 2.9.Adverbials within the noun phrase -- 2.10.Clause connectives within the noun phrase -- 2.11.Combinations and order of elements in the noun phrase -- 2.12.Appositional constructions -- ch. 3 The adverb and the adverb phrase -- 3.1.Types of adverb: manner, place, time, quantity, etc. -- 3.2.The comparative and superlative of adverbs -- 3.3.The syntactic uses of the adverb -- 3.3.1.Adverb modifying a verb -- 3.3.2.Adverb modifying an adjective or adverb -- 3.3.3.Adverb or adverb phrase modifying a noun -- 3.3.4.Adverb modifying a numeral or quantifier -- 3.3.5.Adverb modifying a clause or sentence -- 3.3.6.Complements of adverbs -- 3.3.7.Adverbs of place used with weak personal pronoun or prepositional phrase -- ch. 4 The preposition and the prepositional phrase -- 4.1.General syntactic characteristics of prepositions and prepositional phrases -- 4.2.The uses of individual prepositions -- 4.2.1.Semantic oppositions between σε and απo in spatial and temporal expressions -- 4.2.2.Prepositions used in the common language -- 4.2.2.1.Aντι -- 4.2.2.2.Aπo -- 4.2.2.3.Για -- 4.2.2.4.ΔιΧωσ -- 4.2.2.5.Eναντιoν -- 4.2.2.6.Eξαιτιασ -- 4.2.2.7.Eωσ -- 4.2.2.8.Iσαμε -- 4.2.2.9.Kατα -- 4.2.2.10.Mε -- 4.2.2.11.Mετα -- 4.2.2.12.Mεταξυ -- 4.2.2.13.MεΧρι -- 4.2.2.14.Παρα -- 4.2.2.15.Παιν -- 4.2.2.16.Πρoσ -- 4.2.2.17.Σαν -- 4.2.2.18.Σε -- 4.2.2.19.Xωρισ -- 4.2.2.20.Ωσ -- 4.2.3.Prepositions of learned origin used in formal discourse -- 4.3.Checklist of prepositions -- ch. 5 The clause -- 5.1.Independent sentences -- 5.1.1.Indicative sentences (statements) -- 5.1.2.Non-indicative sentences (suggestions, wishes, promises) -- 5.1.3.Positive imperative sentences -- 5.1.4.Direct questions -- 5.1.4.1.Yes/no questions -- 5.1.4.2.Alternative (either/or) yes/no questions -- 5.1.4.3.Leading yes/no questions -- 5.1.4.4.Constituent questions -- 5.1.4.5.What constituents may be questioned -- 5.1.5.Negation -- 5.1.5.1.Denial or disagreement -- 5.1.5.2.True negation -- 5.1.5.2.1.Sentence negation -- 5.1.5.2.2.Negative interrogative sentences -- 5.1.5.2.3.Negative commands -- 5.1.5.2.4.Constituent negation -- 5.1.6.Exclamations -- 5.1.6.1.Typical exclamations -- 5.1.6.2.Echo-questions as exclamations -- 5.1.6.3.Wishes and curses -- 5.2.The order of main constituents in a clause -- 5.2.1.Sentences presented as new information with neutral intonation -- 5.2.1.1.The order verb-subject-(object) -- 5.2.1.2.The order subject-verb-object -- 5.2.1.3.The order verb-object-subject -- 5.2.2.Topicalization -- 5.2.2.1.The subject as topic -- 5.2.2.2.Direct objects as topics -- 5.2.2.3.Personal pronouns as topics -- 5.2.2.4.Indirect objects as topics -- 5.2.2.5.Sentences with more than one topic -- 5.2.2.6.Other constituents as topics -- 5.2.3.Dislocation -- 5.2.4.Focusing -- 5.3.Embedded (subordinate) clauses -- 5.3.1.Relative clauses -- 5.3.1.1.Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses -- 5.3.1.2.Relative clauses introduced by o oπoιoσ -- 5.3.1.3.Relative clauses introduced by πoυ -- 5.3.1.4.Free or headless relative clauses -- 5.3.2.Indirect questions -- 5.3.2.1.Questioning the whole sentence -- 5.3.2.2.Questioning one of the constituents -- 5.3.3.Indirect commands -- 5.3.4.Complement clauses -- 5.3.4.1.Object complement clauses governed by a transitive verb -- 5.3.4.2.Complement clauses with intransitive and impersonal verbs -- 5.3.4.3.Complement clauses governed by adjectives and nouns -- 5.3.4.4.Nominalized clauses -- 5.3.5.Conditional clauses -- 5.3.5.1.Factual conditional clauses -- 5.3.5.2.Counterfactual conditional clauses -- 5.3.6.Adversative and concessive clauses -- 5.3.7.Temporal clauses -- 5.3.8.Adverbial clauses of manner -- 5.3.9.Adverbial clauses of purpose (final clauses) -- 5.3.10.Adverbial clauses of result -- 5.3.11.Adverbial causal clauses -- 5.4.Other syntactic phenomena -- 5.4.1.Coordination -- 5.4.1.1.Clause coordination -- 5.4.1.2.Constituent coordination -- 5.4.2.Comparison -- 5.4.2.1.Normal comparison -- 5.4.2.2.Correlative comparison -- 5.4.2.3.Equation -- 5.4.3.Anaphora -- 5.4.3.1.Absence of overt subjects -- 5.4.3.2.Absence of overt objects -- 5.4.3.3.Clitic pronouns -- 5.4.3.4.Strong forms of the personal pronoun -- 5.4.3.5.Reflexive expressions -- 5.4.3.5.1.Passive reflexives -- 5.4.3.5.2.Reflexives with prefix αυτo- `self' -- 5.4.3.5.3.Reflexive pronoun phrase -- 5.4.3.6.Reciprocal expressions -- 5.4.3.6.1.Reciprocity expressed by passive verb morphology -- 5.4.3.6.2.Reciprocity expressed by the prefix αλληλo- -- 5.4.3.6.3.Reciprocity expressed by reciprocal periphrases -- 5.4.3.7.The use of the phrase o ιδιoσ `the same' -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 Correspondence table of pronouns, determiners, and adverbs -- Appendix 2 Prepositions and adverbs used in the expression of spatial and temporal relations --, and Contents note continued: 2.1.Spatial relations -- 2.2.Temporal relations -- Appendix 3 Expressions of measurement: space, time and quantity -- 3.1.Space -- 3.2.Time -- 3.3.Quantity -- Appendix 4 Agreement -- 4.1.Agreement within the noun phrase -- 4.2.Agreement between noun phrases in apposition -- 4.3.Agreement between a predicate and the subject or object -- 4.4.Number agreement between subject and verb.
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