6013 J.C. Gieben 1994 Near Fine with no dust jacket Hardcover Former scholar's name on ffep (P. Stork) else Fine. ; Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology ; V. 3; 450 pages; When Protagoras remarks if you like, let us assume that justice is holy and holiness just, Socrates replies No, I do not want this if you like or if you agree sort of thing to be put to the proof (-) ; our statement will be most properly tested if we take away the if (Plato Protagoras 331c3-d1). This passage may be considered one of the oldest passages reflecting on the pragmatic functions of if, and the importance of if in human reasoning. This book develops a linguistic framework to analyse conditionals, for which the apparatus of Functional Grammar provides a basis. Within this framework a detailed analysis is given of conditionals in Ancient Greek, in which syntactic, semantic as well as pragmatic factors are used to explain the multifarious uses of the important but elusive conjunction ei. 9050631967 $100.00USD
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