Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse
Exploring Particle Use across Genres
The study of ancient Greek particles has been an integral part of the study of the Greek language from its earliest beginnings. Among the first parts of speech to be distinguished in Greek scholarship were the σύνδεσμοι (“combiners”), which include the later category of particles. In the Renaissance, Matthaeus Devarius—a Greek scholar working in Rome—published a monograph on particles only sixteen years after Estienne’s Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, and in the nineteenth century many great German philologists devoted considerable attention to particles and their forms, functions, and meanings. In the second half of the twentieth century Greek particles have returned to scholarly attention, partly as a result of the developments in contemporary linguistics.
The Emmy-Noether project “The Pragmatic Functions and Meanings of…
Anna Bonifazi is Professor of Discourse Studies in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Cologne.
Annemieke Drummen is an adjunct lecturer in Ancient Greek at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Mark de Kreij is Veni Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Ancient Greek at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse
Anna Bonifazi