Pragmatic Function and Meaning of Ancient Greek Particles

本研究的重点是古希腊文学作品中粒子的多重功能和意义，这些作品选自史诗、旋律和戏剧诗歌以及史学散文。助词是复杂而有问题的语言特征，因为它们通常不构成包含助词的句子的命题内容，而且它们具有多种交际功能。然而，它们的数量相当多，最重要的是，它们主要用于几种古老的印欧语言，特别是古希腊语。从语用学和语篇分析等学科的角度，根据当代关于现代语言中的小品词的观点，对古希腊的小品词进行系统的描述仍然缺乏。这个项目旨在通过撰写一本专著来开始填补这一空白，该专著探索古希腊和早期古典文学中具有里程碑意义的文本中粒子的含义和用途。选择语料库一方面是为了捕捉在不同体裁中可能相似或不同的特征，另一方面是与其他古老的印欧粒子的特征相当的特征。以语篇分析为基础的阅读旨在突出重复性和独特性，有助于更好地理解文本的整体意义。

The research project is focused on the multiple functions and meanings of particles in ancient Greek literary works selected from epic, melic and dramatic poetry as well as from historiographical prose. Particles are complex and problematic linguistic features, because they typically do not contribute to the propositional content of the sentences containing them and they serve more than one communicative function. Yet, they are quite numerous, and, most of all, they are largely employed in several ancient Indo-European languages, particularly in ancient Greek. A systematic account of the ancient Greek ones in the light of contemporary views on particles in modern languages, from disciplines such as Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis is still missing. This project aims to start filling the gap in that direction, by assembling a monograph that explores meanings and uses of particles in landmark texts of archaic and early classical Greek literature. The choice of the corpus is meant to capture features that may either be similar or differ across different genres, on the one hand, and features comparable to those of other old Indo-European particles, on the other hand. The discourse analysis-based reading aims at highlighting recurring as well as distinctive features, and will contribute to a better understanding of the overall meaning of the texts.