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Conditions and Conditionals: An Investigation of Ancient Greek - Couverture rigide

Wakker, Gerry

 
9789050631969: Conditions and Conditionals: An Investigation of Ancient Greek
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9050631967 ISBN 13 : 9789050631969
Editeur : Brill, 1994

Synopsis

When Protagoras remarks "if you like, let us assume that justice is holy and holiness just", Socrates replies "No, I do not want this 'if you like' or 'if you agree' sort of thing to be put to the proof (-); our statement will be most properly tested if we take away the 'if'" (Plato Protagoras 331c3-d1). This passage may be considered one of the oldest passages reflecting on the pragmatic functions of 'if', and the importance of 'if' in human reasoning. This book develops a linguistic framework to analyse conditionals, for which the apparatus of Functional Grammar provides a basis. Within this framework a detailed analysis is given of conditionals in Ancient Greek, in which syntactic, semantic as well as pragmatic factors are used to explain the multifarious uses of the important but elusive conjunction ei.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9050631967
ISBN 13 
9789050631969
Reliure
Cuir/luxe
Nombre de pages
464
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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