The Middle Voice in Ancient Greek : : A Study of Polysemy / / Rutger Allan.

• Superior document: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology ; 11
• VerfasserIn: Rutger, Allan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology ; 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; The Middle Voice as a Complex Network Category /; The Middle and Passive Voices in the Aorist Stem /; The Middle and Passive Voices in the Future Stem /; ‘Synonymous’ Active and Middle Verbs /; General Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index of Names and Subjects /; Index of Greek Words /
• ISBN: 9004409068
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rutger Allan.

Allan, Rutger The Middle Voice in Ancient Greek. A Study of Polysemy. 2003 The great variety of usage types of the middle voice in Ancient Greek has excited the interest of generations of classical scholars. A number of intriguing questions, however, still have been left unanswered. What is the exact relation between the various middle usage types? How can the semantic element common to all usage types be defined? What is the relation between the middle voice and the passive voice in the aorist and future stems? To provide an answer to these questions, this study takes a novel approach. Following recent developments in Cognitive Linguistics, the middle voice in Ancient Greek is analysed as a polysemous network category. This approach results in a unified description of the semantics of the middle voice which also accounts for diachronical developments. ASCP 11 (2003), 286 p. Cloth - 79.00 EURO, ISBN: 9050633684