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  abstract     = {{In conversation, speakers not only pattern their message to the preferences of their addressees but also to the immediate linguistic common ground (Clark 1996). Therefore we find cases of shared syntax in Classical Greek conversation (Mastronarde 1979 “borrowed syntax”, la Roi 2021: 35-36), where a syntactically incomplete response (e.g. with ὅπως, ἵνα, εἰ) is dependent on a previous discourse act (e.g. statement or question). In such cases the illocutionary force of the response is also co-constructed with the previous utterance, as interpreting its force depends on ellipsis in the response but presence in the linguistic common ground. In the case of true insubordinate constructions, there is no syntactic or pragmatic co-construction with the linguistic common ground (D’Hertefelt 2018, la Roi 2021, 2022a). This paper demonstrates that these two poles of the continuum of (in)dependence can be diachronically related and studied fruitfully within an enhanced version of Conversation Analysis. In particular, I argue that the insubordination of ὅπως from a subordinate clause into an insubordinate clause with its own illocutionary force results from interactional enrichment of subordinate ὅπως in dialogue: the syntax of Classical Greek dialogue functioned as a motor for the creation of syntax diachronically. At the same time, Conversation Analysis can explain the conversational effects of insubordinate ὅπως + future indicative with directive value, dividing its usages into three groups: (1) the ὅπως directive is connected with a preceding discourse act (by an interlocutor or the speaker) or the ὅπως directive is the last act of a turn and due to the contiguity principle is the preferred object of response, (2) the ὅπως directive is the result of a more direct action packaging, with imperative particles and discourse particles signalling the preferred linguistic response, (3) the ὅπως directive is used in between other actions in a turn whose goal varies and lacks preference of direct response.}},
  author       = {{la Roi, Ezra}},
  booktitle    = {{Conversation analysis and classics :  talk-in-interaction in Greek and Latin literature}},
  editor       = {{Verano Liaño, Rodrigo}},
  isbn         = {{9789004764378}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Brill}},
  series       = {{The language of classical literature}},
  title        = {{Between dialogic and diachronic syntax : the insubordination of directive ὅπως in Classical Greek drama}},
  url          = {{https://brill.com/display/title/74953}},
  volume       = {{44}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}