I spent some very good time this morning at a coffee shop working on lesson 21. I’m writing the Reading and Translation section now. I’m working against the clock since I have to go back to work on Monday, and I’ll be out of town a good part of the weekend. As soon as I finish the lesson I’ll post a notice here.
Topical Index and the Middle Voice
I’ve added appropriate categories to the Topical Index for my grammar to cover the issues introduced in Lesson 20: The Middle Voice.
Additions to the Lexicon
I’ve added the vocabulary from lesson 20 to the online lexicon. I’ll work on the topical index tomorrow.
Dissertation: Infinitival Clauses in Ancient Greek
Here’s another dissertation with clear application of a specific brand of Linguistics to Ancient Greek. Reading it requires some knowledge of generative linguistic theory.
Sevdali, Christina. “Infinitival Clauses in Ancient Greek: Overt and null subjects, the role of Case and Focus.” Ph.D. dissertation, Cambridge University , Department of Linguistics, 2007.
Hellenistic Greek Accent and Optimality Theory
While we’re on the topic of Optimality Theory (see “Case Attraction in Ancient Greek“), I thought you might like to know about Philomen Probert’s article on Hellenistic Greek Accents that appeared in April of this year. It’s available as a PDF download. The article discusses the way Generative Phonology and Optimality Theory handle accent, and uses Hellenistic Greek as a test case to critique and challenge those theories.
Lesson 20: The Middle Voice, The Aorist Middle
Well… After a very long wait, I’ve finally uploaded my lesson on the Aorist Middle. As I have done with a few other lessons, I’ve uploaded it without the automated practice exercises. I hope to finish those over the next few days. For now, I’d love to have your reaction to the discussion and the particular examples I’ve chosen.
Feel free to criticize, suggest revisions, etc.
Case Attraction in Ancient Greek
Have any of you read Scott Grimm’s 2007 article, “Case Attraction in Ancient Greek”? (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007, Volume 4363/2007, 139-153.)
The abstract looks very interesting. You can purchase online access for $25, but I’m not sure what a hard copy costs.
I'll be back on Sunday
I’ll be out of reach of computers tomorrow (Saturday, October 2), but I’ll be back on Sunday.
I’ve made major headway on the lesson on the Aorist Middle. I hope to have that up and running in a few more days. I’m working on the exercises now.
BBC News – Mapping ancient Rome with Google Street View
This is off the topic of language, but well worth the attention of anyone interested in the ancient greco-roman world. Take a look at what Google’s “Street View” is doing in Rome.
Greek-Language.com homepage
I’ve updated the homepage of Greek-Language.com to reflect the new location of the blog and give it a more attractive feel. I also made a few alterations to a number of other pages (general housekeeping issues that I do from time to time to update information).
I hope you like the new look.
Home.