Colvin, SC;
(2017)
Aspect and agency in epigraphic signatures.
In: Willi, A, (ed.)
Sprachgeschichte und Epigraphik. Festgaben für Rudolf Wachter zum 60. Geburtstag.
(pp. 83-103).
Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, Bereich Sprachwissenschaft: Innsbruck, Austria.
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Abstract
The signatures ('x made me') of Archaic and Classical artists on vases, monuments and sculpture are found in both imperfective and perfective verbal forms (imperfect, aorist). The semantic/functional reasons for this variation have not been satisfactorily explained. Some basic considerations of the role of aspect in ancient Greek, and the correlation between perfectivity, agentivity and foregrounding, suggest that the Greek imperfect was used when the saliency of the action or the agency of the actor was to be reduced.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Aspect and agency in epigraphic signatures |
| ISBN-13: | 9783851247459 |
| Publisher version: | http://sprawi.uibk.ac.at/view/biblio/ibs |
| Language: | German |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Ancient Greek, Verbal aspect, Agency, Pragmatics |
| UCL classification: | UCL 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/1529396 |
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