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Document Details : Title: The Deferment of Postpositive Particles in Greek Documentary Papyri Author(s): BAY, Stephen M. Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume: 46 Date: 2009 Pages: 75-79 DOI: 10.2143/BASP.46.0.3209334 Abstract : This article examines instances in Greek documentary papyri in which postpositive particles occur after their normal 'peninitial' position in a clause or sentence. The ratio between deferred and normally placed postpositives in papyri is given and compared to the ratio in literary texts. A diachronic analysis of the phenomenon is also provided, to assess its likelihood of occurrence, century by century, and finally, a brief analysis follows of the grammatical constructions that accompany it in papyri to evaluate whether they are at all different from literary texts. |
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