Descripción
In this
article, I discuss Ancient Greek constructions consisting of a form of the
verb eimi ‘I am’ and a present, perfect or aorist participle. In particular, I
focus on those uses where the participle is said to have an “adjectival”
function. My main goal is to provide a unified semantic description of this
phenomenon, adopting a cognitive framework. I show that adjectival periphrasis
typically involves the predication of properties, which can be characterized in
terms of low transitivity (Hopper & Thompson, 1980). I furthermore argue
that a so-called “property reading” involves a particular kind of conceptual
integration, whereby only one component state of the verb eimi is elaborated by
the participle.
Bentein, K.
(2013). Adjectival periphrasis in Ancient Greek: A cognitive analysis. Onomázein, nro. 27, pp. 15-34.
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