Colvin, SC;
(2016)
The modal particle in Greek.
The Cambridge Classical Journal
, 62
pp. 65-84.
10.1017/S1750270516000026.
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Abstract
Five forms of the modal particle are attested in ancient Greek (ἄν, κε, κεν, κᾱ, and κ’). This paper argues that ἄν is an inherited particle, and that the k-forms were the result of reanalysis of prevocalic οὐκ and εἰκ (i.e. εἰκ was reanalysed as εἰ κ’), supported by the vestiges of an old topicalising/conditional force of the I-E particle *kwe (which appears elsewhere in Greek as connective τε). The attested forms in Greek grew out of *kwe in contexts where an adjacent u caused the labiovelar *kw > k (West Greek κᾱ was influenced by indefinite *kwā). The form κεν is a creation of epic diction.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The modal particle in Greek |
| Location: | UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1750270516000026 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1750270516000026 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Cambridge University Press 2016 |
| Keywords: | Greek, Ancient Greek, Morphology, Syntax, Conditional clause |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Greek and Latin |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476163 |
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