The New Cratylus
Or, Contributions towards a More Accurate Knowledge of the Greek Language
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- Author: John William Donaldson
- Date Published: September 2013
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108062145
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The philologist and biblical critic John William Donaldson (1811–61) published this pioneering work in 1839. It is an attempt to apply the principles of comparative philology to ancient Greek, elucidating the grammar and syntax of the language by comparing it with actual or conjectural cognate languages. As well as producing a great deal of original research on the subject, Donaldson was the first British philologist to bring the work of continental scholars to the attention of English readers. In the book's first section, he gives a history of philology, surveys its present state and expounds a philosophy of language. Here he sets Greek in the context of other Indo-European languages, and outlines a theory of the Greek alphabet and its origins. In the second section, he examines pronouns, numerals, prepositions and particles before considering the noun in the third section, and finally the various tenses and moods of the verb in the fourth section.
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- Date Published: September 2013
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108062145
- length: 616 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 35 mm
- weight: 0.77kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. General Introduction:
1. The utility of philological studies
2. The history and present state of philology
3. The philosophy of language
4. Relative position of the Greek language in the Indo-Germanic family
5. The theory of the Greek alphabet
Appendix to ch. 5
6. The parts of speech
Part II. Pronominal Words:
1. The personal and other pronouns
2. The numerals
3. The prepositions
4. The negative and other particles
Part III. The Noun:
1. The roots of nouns and verbs
2. The case-endings of the noun
3. The pronominal terminations
4. Nouns used as prepositions
5. The adjective
6. Compound words
Part IV. The Verb:
1. The person-endings
2. The tenses
3. The moods and participles
4. The conjugations
5. The use of auxiliary verbs in Greek
Indices.
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