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In:Perspectives on Historical Syntax
Edited by Carlotta Viti
[Studies in Language Companion Series 169] 2015
► pp. 251–270

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Problematizing syndetic coordination

Ancient Greek ‘and’ from Homer to Aristophanes

 | University of Heidelberg
Published online: 29 April 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.169.10bon
The article problematizes the interpretation of three ancient Greek particles, te, kaí and dé, which represent the most common ‘and’ coordination devices in Archaic and Classical Greek. They show a considerable degree of variation in occurrence, combination, function and meaning across time and in different genres. Such a variation calls for the consideration of discourse phenomena that transcend syntactic distinctions.
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