Correlating morphosyntactic stability, change, register and context of use in Post-Classical Greek : the case of insubordinate wishes
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- Ezra la Roi (UGent)
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- Abstract
- In this paper I use the history of insubordinate wishes in Post-Classical Greek (III BCE – VI CE) to gain more insights into the underexplored connections between morphosyntactic stability and change, on the one hand, and register and context of use, on the other hand. First, I provide an overview of which forms of insubordinate wish constructions were used in which periods and detail which different diachronic processess change the form and meaning of these constructions. Next, I identify the different motivations for speakers to use innovative insubordinate patterns or to ‘recontinue’ insubordinate patterns from earlier periods (especially when they were not used elsewhere synchronically anymore). Finally, I conclude that the findings of this study urge us to move away from teleological narratives of Post-Classical Greek morphosyntax as the linear developmental stage towards Modern Greek.
- Keywords
- insubordination, morphosyntactic stability and change, register, context of use, Post-classical Greek
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- la Roi, Ezra. “Correlating Morphosyntactic Stability, Change, Register and Context of Use in Post-Classical Greek : The Case of Insubordinate Wishes.” Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, edited by Klaas Bentein et al., De Gruyter, 2025.
- APA
- la Roi, E. (2025). Correlating morphosyntactic stability, change, register and context of use in Post-Classical Greek : the case of insubordinate wishes. In K. Bentein, E. Cattafi, & E. la Roi (Eds.), Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context. Berlin: De Gruyter.
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- Roi, Ezra la. 2025. “Correlating Morphosyntactic Stability, Change, Register and Context of Use in Post-Classical Greek : The Case of Insubordinate Wishes.” In Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, edited by Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi. Berlin: De Gruyter.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- la Roi, Ezra. 2025. “Correlating Morphosyntactic Stability, Change, Register and Context of Use in Post-Classical Greek : The Case of Insubordinate Wishes.” In Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, ed by. Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi. Berlin: De Gruyter.
- Vancouver
- 1.la Roi E. Correlating morphosyntactic stability, change, register and context of use in Post-Classical Greek : the case of insubordinate wishes. In: Bentein K, Cattafi E, la Roi E, editors. Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2025.
- IEEE
- [1]E. la Roi, “Correlating morphosyntactic stability, change, register and context of use in Post-Classical Greek : the case of insubordinate wishes,” in Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context, K. Bentein, E. Cattafi, and E. la Roi, Eds. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025.
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author = {{la Roi, Ezra}},
booktitle = {{Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek: From Syntax to Context}},
editor = {{Bentein, Klaas and Cattafi, Eleonora and la Roi, Ezra}},
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issn = {{2940-6374}},
keywords = {{insubordination,morphosyntactic stability and change,register,context of use,Post-classical Greek}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{De Gruyter}},
series = {{Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics}},
title = {{Correlating morphosyntactic stability, change, register and context of use in Post-Classical Greek : the case of insubordinate wishes}},
year = {{2025}},
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