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Antyczny system zgłosek greckich. Część I: Zasady sylabifikacji
The Ancient Greek System of Syllables: The Rules of Syllabification

Author(s): Anna Szczepaniak
Subject(s): Language studies, Syntax
Published by: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: ancient theory of grammar; syllabification;Greek language;

Summary/Abstract: Ancient grammarians taught that a syllable may be long by position in five ways: either when it ends in or the next syllable begins with two consonants, or when it ends in a consonant and the next begins with a consonant, or when it ends in or the next syllable begins with a double consonant (ξ, ζ, ψ). This article presents the ancient classification of hetero- and tautosyllabic consonant clusters and the rules for syllabic division in Greek.

  • Issue Year: 70/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-77
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish