Dative alternation and dative case syncretism in Greek : the use of dative, accusative and prepositional phrases in documentary papyri
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- Joanne Vera Stolk (UGent)
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- This article explores the evidence for dative case syncretism with personal pronouns in post-Classical Greek based on documentary papyri (300BCE-800CE). Three alternative encodings are examined for the animate goal of transfer verbs: the prepositions prós and eis (with accusative) and the bare accusative case. It is shown that the dative case and the preposition prós are in complementary distribution dependent on the animacy of the object and the conceptualization of the event. The preposition eis is only used for animate goals in the specialized meaning ‘on account of’. The bare accusative case is occasionally found as a replacement for the dative case, but not in the same constructions in which the prepositions are attested. Therefore, based on the encoding of the animate goal in Greek papyrus letters, there is no reason to assume that a change in the use of these prepositions led to the merger of dative and accusative cases.
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- goal, recipient, dative alternation, case syncretism, prepositions, accusative, dative, Greek linguistics, Greek papyrology
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8135884
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- Stolk, Joanne Vera. “Dative Alternation and Dative Case Syncretism in Greek : The Use of Dative, Accusative and Prepositional Phrases in Documentary Papyri.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, vol. 115, no. 2, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017, pp. 212–38, doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12098.
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- Stolk, J. V. (2017). Dative alternation and dative case syncretism in Greek : the use of dative, accusative and prepositional phrases in documentary papyri. TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 115(2), 212–238. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12098
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- Stolk, Joanne Vera. 2017. “Dative Alternation and Dative Case Syncretism in Greek : The Use of Dative, Accusative and Prepositional Phrases in Documentary Papyri.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY 115 (2): 212–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12098.
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- Stolk, Joanne Vera. 2017. “Dative Alternation and Dative Case Syncretism in Greek : The Use of Dative, Accusative and Prepositional Phrases in Documentary Papyri.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY 115 (2): 212–238. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12098.
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- 1.Stolk JV. Dative alternation and dative case syncretism in Greek : the use of dative, accusative and prepositional phrases in documentary papyri. TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 2017;115(2):212–38.
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- [1]J. V. Stolk, “Dative alternation and dative case syncretism in Greek : the use of dative, accusative and prepositional phrases in documentary papyri,” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, vol. 115, no. 2, pp. 212–238, 2017.
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abstract = {{This article explores the evidence for dative case syncretism with personal pronouns in post-Classical Greek based on documentary papyri (300BCE-800CE). Three alternative encodings are examined for the animate goal of transfer verbs: the prepositions prós and eis (with accusative) and the bare accusative case. It is shown that the dative case and the preposition prós are in complementary distribution dependent on the animacy of the object and the conceptualization of the event. The preposition eis is only used for animate goals in the specialized meaning ‘on account of’. The bare accusative case is occasionally found as a replacement for the dative case, but not in the same constructions in which the prepositions are attested. Therefore, based on the encoding of the animate goal in Greek papyrus letters, there is no reason to assume that a change in the use of these prepositions led to the merger of dative and accusative cases.}},
author = {{Stolk, Joanne Vera}},
issn = {{0079-1636}},
journal = {{TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY}},
keywords = {{goal,recipient,dative alternation,case syncretism,prepositions,accusative,dative,Greek linguistics,Greek papyrology}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{2}},
pages = {{212--238}},
publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
title = {{Dative alternation and dative case syncretism in Greek : the use of dative, accusative and prepositional phrases in documentary papyri}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12098}},
volume = {{115}},
year = {{2017}},
}
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