Verb 'Be' in Ancient Greek

This book offers a systematic description of the use and grammar of the verb 'to be' in Ancient Greek, before the philosophers took it over to express the central concepts in Greek logic and metaphysics. The evidence is taken primarily from Homer, but supplemented by specimens from classical Attic prose. Topics discussed include the original status of the verb in Indo-European, as well as the logical and syntactic relations among copula, existential, and veridical uses.

ISBN	0872206440	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9780872206441 (What's this?)	Pages	486
Publisher	Hackett Publishing Co, Inc	Volumes	001
Imprint	Hackett Publishing Co, Inc	Weight (grammes)	135
Format	Hardback	Published in	Cambridge, MA
Publication date	01 Aug 2003	Height (mm)	230
Library of Congress	PA430.E35	Width (mm)	155
DEWEY	485	Academic level	General

	Preface
	Analytic Table of Contents
Ch. I	The Problem of the Verb 'Be'	1
Ch. II	Subject, Predicate, Copula	38
Ch. III	Application of the Transformational Analysis to Greek	60
Ch. IV	Description of the Copula Uses	85
Ch. V	The Theory of the Copula	184
Ch. VI	The Verb of Existence	228
Ch. VII	The Veridical Use	331
Ch. VIII	The Unity of the System of 'Be' in Greek	371
App. A	On the Account of [actual symbol not reproducible] and Its Position in the Sentence	420
App. B	On the Theory of the Nominal Sentence	435
App. C	The Nominalized Forms of the Verb: [actual symbol not reproducible] and [actual symbol not reproducible]	453
	Bibliography	463
	Indices	468

"It is great news that this book is available again. It deserves to be better known, both for its pioneering methods of linguistic analysis and for the results to which they lead. It transforms our understanding of the all-important Greek verb 'to be'." -- Myles Burnyeat, All Souls College, University of Oxford.

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