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The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek = Linguistic Prehistory of the Greek Dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache

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How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like ἀνδροτῆτα καὶ ἥβην? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as τέτρατος beside τέταρτος originate?
In this book, you will find the first systematic and complete account of the syllabic liquids in Ancient Greek. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and innovative etymological treatment of material from all dialects, including Mycenaean. A new model of linguistic change in the epic tradition is used to tackle two hotly-debated problems: metrical irregularities in Homer (including muta cum liquida) and the double reflex. The proposed solution has important consequences for Greek dialect classification and the prehistory of Epic language and meter.

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Leiden Studies in Indo-European, Volume: 22

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: Brill., 2021

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586 hlm; ill., lamp.,

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English

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9789004469747

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computer

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online resource

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Historical & comparative linguistics

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Lucien van Beek

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https://brill.com/display/title/60857

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