When Protagoras remarks if you like, let us assume that justice is holy and holiness just , Socrates replies No, I do not want this if you like or if you agree sort of thing to be put to the proof (-); our statement will be most properly tested if we take away the if (Plato Protagoras 331c3-d1). This passage may be considered one of the oldest passages reflecting on the pragmatic functions of if , and the importance of if in human reasoning. This book develops a linguistic framework to analyse conditionals, for which the apparatus of Functional Grammar provides a basis. Within this framework a detailed analysis is given of conditionals in Ancient Greek, in which syntactic, semantic as well as pragmatic factors are used to explain the multifarious uses of the important but elusive conjunction ei.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brill
ISBN-10
9050631967
ISBN-13
9789050631969
eBay Product ID (ePID)
855322
Product Key Features
Author
Gerry Wakker
Publication Name
Conditions and Conditionals : an Investigation of Ancient Greek
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology Ser.
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
Xii, 452 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
30 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
3
Lc Classification Number
Pa379.W35 1994
Copyright Date
1994
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Medieval, Biblical Référence / Language Study, Ancient & Classical