Minor complementation patterns in Post-classical Greek (I – VI AD): a socio-historical analysis of a corpus of documentary papyri
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- Klaas Bentein (UGent)
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- Classical Greek (V – IV BC) is known for the complexity of its complementation system, involving infinitival, participial and finite verb forms. In Post-classical Greek (III BC – VI AD), a simplification of this system takes place, whereby finite complementation becomes much more frequent, and ὅτι is used as a ‘generic’ complementiser. This article analyses to what extent complementation patterns other than ὅτι with a finite verb form and the accusative with infinitive are still used in the Post-classical period (I – VI AD), focusing on documentary sources (that is, letters and petitions). I show that various ‘minor’ complementation patterns are (still) attested; some of them are known from Classical Greek, while others are entirely new formations. I furthermore argue that ‘factivity’ and ‘formality’ are two key factors in explaining the distribution of these patterns.
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- complementation, formality, documentary papyri, Post-classical Greek, factivity
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- Bentein, Klaas. “Minor Complementation Patterns in Post-Classical Greek (I – VI AD): A Socio-Historical Analysis of a Corpus of Documentary Papyri.” SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES, vol. 89, no. 1, 2015, pp. 104–47, doi:10.1080/00397679.2015.1095012.
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- Bentein, K. (2015). Minor complementation patterns in Post-classical Greek (I – VI AD): a socio-historical analysis of a corpus of documentary papyri. SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES, 89(1), 104–147. https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2015.1095012
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- Bentein, Klaas. 2015. “Minor Complementation Patterns in Post-Classical Greek (I – VI AD): A Socio-Historical Analysis of a Corpus of Documentary Papyri.” SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES 89 (1): 104–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2015.1095012.
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- Bentein, Klaas. 2015. “Minor Complementation Patterns in Post-Classical Greek (I – VI AD): A Socio-Historical Analysis of a Corpus of Documentary Papyri.” SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES 89 (1): 104–147. doi:10.1080/00397679.2015.1095012.
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- 1.Bentein K. Minor complementation patterns in Post-classical Greek (I – VI AD): a socio-historical analysis of a corpus of documentary papyri. SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES. 2015;89(1):104–47.
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- [1]K. Bentein, “Minor complementation patterns in Post-classical Greek (I – VI AD): a socio-historical analysis of a corpus of documentary papyri,” SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 104–147, 2015.
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title = {{Minor complementation patterns in Post-classical Greek (I – VI AD): a socio-historical analysis of a corpus of documentary papyri}},
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