New Cratylus - Or, Contributions Towards a More Accurate Knowledge of Greek

Klappentext First published in 1839, this work was a groundbreaking attempt to apply the principles of comparative philology to ancient Greek. Zusammenfassung A talented philologist and biblical critic, John William Donaldson (1811–61) published this groundbreaking work in 1839. It is an attempt to apply the principles of comparative philology to ancient Greek, elucidating the grammar and syntax of the language by comparing it with actual or conjectural cognate languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. General Introduction: 1. The utility of philological studies; 2. The history and present state of philology; 3. The philosophy of language; 4. Relative position of the Greek language in the Indo-Germanic family; 5. The theory of the Greek alphabet; Appendix to ch. 5; 6. The parts of speech; Part II. Pronominal Words: 1. The personal and other pronouns; 2. The numerals; 3. The prepositions; 4. The negative and other particles; Part III. The Noun: 1. The roots of nouns and verbs; 2. The case-endings of the noun; 3. The pronominal terminations; 4. Nouns used as prepositions; 5. The adjective; 6. Compound words; Part IV. The Verb: 1. The person-endings; 2. The tenses; 3. The moods and participles; 4. The conjugations; 5. The use of auxiliary verbs in Greek; Indices.

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• Authors: John William Donaldson, Donaldson John William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108062145
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06214-5
• No. of pages: 616
• 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, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Ancient (Classical) Greek