Atticist syntax : prescriptive norms on the infinitival complementation of μέλλω
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- Chiara Monaco (UGent)
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- The production of Atticist lexica in the 2nd century CE aimed to reproduce an idealised form of Attic Greek by prescribing specific morphological, lexical, and syntactic usages. However, the effect these prescriptions had on actual language usage has not yet been consistently investigated. In this paper, I will define a method for analysing the impact of Atticist norms on usage by adapting a framework proposed by Thomas (1991). I will then apply this framework to the study of one example: the infinitival complementation of μέλλω. While Markopoulos (2009) has shown that the use of the aorist infinitive in the complementation of μέλλω is a feature of low register, I will focus primarily on the use of the future infinitive, which is retained in this construction in classicising texts as a marker of high, learned register. I will then explore whether Atticist lexica contributed to fossilising the distribution of these infinitive types in the construction of μέλλω across different registers.
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- Atticism, Registers, prescriptivism, norms and usage
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- Monaco, Chiara. “Atticist Syntax : Prescriptive Norms on the Infinitival Complementation of Μέλλω.” Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek : From Syntax to Context, edited by Klaas Bentein et al., vol. 6, De Gruyter, 2025, pp. 301–25, doi:10.1515/9783111180366-016.
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- Monaco, C. (2025). Atticist syntax : prescriptive norms on the infinitival complementation of μέλλω. In K. Bentein, E. Cattafi, & E. la Roi (Eds.), Subordination and insubordination in Post-Classical Greek : from syntax to context (Vol. 6, pp. 301–325). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111180366-016
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- Monaco, Chiara. 2025. “Atticist Syntax : Prescriptive Norms on the Infinitival Complementation of Μέλλω.” In Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek : From Syntax to Context, edited by Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi, 6:301–25. Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111180366-016.
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- Monaco, Chiara. 2025. “Atticist Syntax : Prescriptive Norms on the Infinitival Complementation of Μέλλω.” In Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek : From Syntax to Context, ed by. Klaas Bentein, Eleonora Cattafi, and Ezra la Roi, 6:301–325. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783111180366-016.
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- 1.Monaco C. Atticist syntax : prescriptive norms on the infinitival complementation of μέλλω. In: Bentein K, Cattafi E, la Roi E, editors. Subordination and insubordination in Post-Classical Greek : from syntax to context. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2025. p. 301–25.
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- [1]C. Monaco, “Atticist syntax : prescriptive norms on the infinitival complementation of μέλλω,” in Subordination and insubordination in Post-Classical Greek : from syntax to context, vol. 6, K. Bentein, E. Cattafi, and E. la Roi, Eds. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025, pp. 301–325.
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author = {{Monaco, Chiara}},
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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language = {{eng}},
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series = {{Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics}},
title = {{Atticist syntax : prescriptive norms on the infinitival complementation of μέλλω}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1515/9783111180366-016}},
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