The Article in Post-Classical Greek

Contents

Contributors

Figures

Tables

Abbreviations

1 Introduction (Daniel King)

1.1 Previous studies on the article

1.2 Brief summary of studies in this volume

References

2 Functions of the Definite Article from Classical Greek to New

Testament Greek (Maria Napoli)

2.1 Introduction

2.2 (In)definiteness in the history of the Greek language

2.3 A map of definiteness: The main uses of definite articles across

languages

2.4 Obligatoriness and optionality in Greek: Definite article versus

zero article

2.5 The definite article in New Testament Greek

2.6 Conclusions

References

3 The History of Greek Articles: A Syntactic Approach (Cristina

Guardiano) 

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Background

3.3 Articles in Classical and New Testament Greek

3.4 Homeric Greek

3.5 Conclusion

References

4 A Discourse-Functional Approach to the Greek Article

(Ronald D. Peters)

4.1 Introduction

4.2 A systemic-functional description of the Greek article

4.3 Matthew 13:44

4.4 Acts 5:1–11

4.5 1 Timothy 4:11–14

4.6 Conclusion

References

5 The Use of the Greek Article in 1 Peter: A Case Study

(Stephen H. Levinsohn and Mark Dubis) 

5.1 Preliminaries

5.2 Thematic prominence (salience) versus focal prominence

5.3 Application to 1 Peter

5.4 Conclusions

References

6 Towards a Unified Understanding of the Greek Article from a

Diachronic, Cognitive Perspective (Steven E. Runge) 

6.1 Introduction  

6.2 Less prototypical uses: Stage III development of the article

6.3 Conclusions

References

7 The Function of the Article with Proper Names: The New

Testament Book of Acts as a Case Study (Jenny Read-

Heimerdinger)

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Names of persons

7.3 Names of places

7.4 General conclusions

References