Polysemous Particles in Ancient Greek

Acknowledgements

List of tables and figures

Abbreviations, symbols, and translations

1 General introduction

 1.1 Setting the scene

 1.2 Earlier scholarship

 1.3 Data

 1.4 Methodology

 1.5 Outline of the present study

Part1 Theoretical background

2 Pragmatic particles

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Preliminaries on linguistic categorization

 2.3 Particles

 2.4 Pragmatic markers

 2.5 Conclusion

3 Outline of the functional spectrum

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 Connectives

 3.3 Attitudinal-interactional markers

 3.4 Focus modifiers

 3.5 Intensifiers

 3.6 Markers of non-straightforward communication

 3.7 Conclusion

4 Polyfunctionality and diachronic change

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Diachronic change

 4.3 Homonymy, monosemy, and polysemy

 4.4 Methodological reflections

 4.5 Conclusion

5 Position and scope of Greek particles

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Greek syntax and word order

 5.3 Prepositives

 5.4 Postpositives

 5.5 Conclusion: the position of particles as linguistic evidence

Part2 Case studies

6 Μήν

 6.1 Setting the scene

 6.2 Earlier accounts

 6.3 Μήν as an attitudinal-interactional particle

 6.4 Μήν as a discourse-connective particle

 6.5 Conclusion

7 Δή

 7.1 Setting the scene

 7.2 Earlier accounts

 7.3 Δή as an attitudinal-interactional particle

 7.4 Δή as a discourse-connective particle

 7.5 Δή as a phrasal modifier

 7.6 Conclusion

8 General conclusion

 8.1 Summary overview

 8.2 Suggestions for further research

Appendix A: Quantitative data

Bibliography

Index Locorum