Toward a Cognitive Classical Linguistics The Embodied Basis of Constructions in Greek and Latin: The Embodied Basis of Constructions in Greek and Latin

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2019.

Under the general editorship: W. Short

describes verbs of hearing in Greek

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Aspects of aural perception in Homeric Greek

Luraghi S., Sausa E., , in: Toward a Cognitive Classical Linguistics The Embodied Basis of Constructions in Greek and Latin: The Embodied Basis of Constructions in Greek and Latin.: Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. P. 149–175.

The verb akoúō ‘hear’ in Homeric Greek can indicate concrete aural perception as well as acquisition of knowledge by hearsay, and mean ‘learn’. In addition, it can denote an uncontrolled state, either perceptual or cognitive, the controlled activity of listening, or an inchoative event. In this paper, we discuss its syntax and semantics and compare it with klúō ‘listen ...

Added: July 5, 2021

Keywords: perception, Ancient Greek