Greek Grammar - Accidence and Syntax for Schools and Colleges

Informationen zum Autor John B. Thompson's (Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Dordt University) interests, scholarship, and teaching are interdisciplinary, bringing together wisdom from Christian theology, philosophy, and the social sciences. His courses include psychopathology, human behavior and counseling theories, sociology, and Christian philosophy. Klappentext This 1902 Attic Greek grammar remains a useful resource for the modern beginner, and for scholars of the history of Classics education. Zusammenfassung John Thompson (c.1866–1936) was headmaster at The High School, Dublin (1908–27), a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and President of the Classical Association. This work, published in 1902, concentrates on Attic Greek, with an appendix on Homeric accidence. It remains a useful resource for the modern beginner student. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Accidence: 1. The Greek language - introductory; 2. Declension of substantives and adjectives; 3. Declension of pronouns; 4. Adverbs; 5. Numerals; 6. Conjugation of verbs; 7. Remarks on the conjugations; Part II. Syntax: 1. Introductory - simple and compound sentences; 2. Agreement of subject and predicate; 3. The article; 4. The substantive; 5. The prepositions; 6. The pronouns; 7. The voices of the verbs; 8. The tenses of the verb; 9. The moods of the verbs in principal sentences; 10. The infinitive; 11. The participle; 12. Sentences in combination; 13. The participles; Appendix I. Accents; Appendix II. Homeric accidence; Appendix III. Sound changes in Greek; Appendix IV. Attic measures and calendar; Index I (English); Index II (Greek); Index III (Quotations).

Product details

• Authors: John Thompson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2012
• EAN: 9781108050890
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05089-0
• No. of pages: 516
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Historical and comparative linguistics