Antonio R. Revuelta Puigdollers
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
A short introduction to comparative clauses (of equality)
The purpose of this lecture is to provide an introduction to comparative clauses in Greek (both Ancient and Modern) and other languages (mainly English, German and Spanish). The lecture will take into account (i) the entity modified by the clause (NP, Adverb, Adjective or clause) and (ii) the layered structure of the clause (Dik & Hengeveld). Prospective atttendees do not need any previous knowledge of Ancient or Modern Greek.
Dik, S. C. & Kees Hengeveld (1997) The Theory of functional grammar. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1997.
Chapters 5 (argument), 9 (satellites 1-2), 12 (satellites 3-4)
Dik, Simon C.-Kees Hengeveld-Elscline Vester-CO Vet (1990) "The hierarchical structure of the clause and the typology of satellites", in: Nuyts-Bolkestein-Vet (eds.), Layers and levels of representation in Language theory. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 25-70.
Revuelta Puigdollers, A.R. (2015) “(In)equality Comparison in Modern Greek”. Selected Papers of the 11th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, G. Kotzoglou et al. (eds), 2014, 1483-1494. Rhodes: University of the Aegean, 2015.
Revuelta Puigdollers, A.R. (2020): 26. Las oraciones comparativas. MªDolores Jiménez López (coord.): Sintaxis del griego antiguo. CSIC: Madrid, pp. 941-972., 2020
ECLASS:
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