
Studies in The Language of Homer
G. P. Shipp(Author)
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 26. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
396 pages
978-0-521-03826-3 (ISBN)
Description
Professor Shipp's purpose in the first edition of this book (published in 1953) was 'to examine in as much detail as possible the development of the language of the Iliad in some of its typical features, with careful attention to the spoken dialects involved and to the influence of metre'. In the second edition he widens the scope of his work to examine the Odyssey as well as the Iliad, and he extends its detail to include syntax as well as grammatical forms and to cover questions of vocabulary more comprehensively. The author's earlier conclusions are shown to be confirmed, and an important further result for the Odyssey has been to show the typical lateness of the language of moralizing passages.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
641 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-03826-3 (9780521038263)
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Studies in The Language of Homer
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G. P. Shipp
Studies in The Language of Homer
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05/1972
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Language of Similes and Related Questions: Introductory; 1. Localization of rare late features from Chantraine's Grammaire Homerique (Tome I - Phonetique et Morphologie); 2. Localization of rare late features from Chantraine's Grammaire Homerique (Tome II - Syntax); 3. Contraction in Homer; 4. Vocabulary; 5. Various aspects of Homeric language and metrical technique; 6. General remarks on similes; Part II. Distribution of Abnormal Features: Introductory; 7. Iliad A-I; 8. Iliad ?-X; 9. Odyssey; Subject index; Greek index.