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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Abbreviations and symbols
Chapter 1 The alphabet and pronunciation
1.1 The Greek alphabet
Pronunciation
1.2 Vowels
1.3 Combinations of vowels
1.4 Consonants
1.5 Combinations of consonants
1.6 Phonological phenomena across word boundaries
Stress and intonation
1.7 Word stress
1.8 Enclisis
1.9 Intonation
Chapter 2 The writing system
2.1 Accents (the monotonic system)
2.2 Other diacritics
2.3 The use of capital and lower-case letters
2.4 Punctuation
2.5 The transcription of foreign names
Chapter 3 The noun and the noun phrase
3.1 Constituents of the noun phrase
3.2 Functions of the noun phrase
Gender, number and case
3.3 Gender
3.4 Number
3.5 Case
The articles
3.6 The forms of the definite article
3.7 The forms of the indefinite article
Nouns
3.8 Declensions: an overview
Masculine nouns
3.9 Nouns in -ας (parisyllabic)
3.10 Nouns in -ης (parisyllabic)
3.11 Nouns in -ος
3.12 Nouns in -έας
3.13 Imparisyllabic nouns in -άς, -ας, -ής, -ης, -ές, -ούς
Feminine nouns
3.14 Nouns in -α (parisyllabic)
3.15 Nouns in -η with plural -ες
3.16 Nouns in -ος
3.17 Nouns in -η with plural -εις
3.18 Imparisyllabic nouns in -ά and -ού
3.19 Nouns in -ω
Nouns of common gender
3.20 Nouns which may be either masculine or feminine
Neuter nouns
3.21 Nouns in -ο
3.22 Nouns in -ί
3.23 Nouns in -ι
3.24 Nouns in -ος
3.25 Nouns in -μα
3.26 Nouns in -ιμο
3.27 Other neuter nouns in -ς
3.28 Other neuter nouns ending in vowels
3.29 Nouns in -ν
Special types of noun
3.30 Nouns with a change of gender in the plural
3.31 Indeclinable nouns
Adjectives
3.32 Adjectives in outline
The forms of adjectives
3.33 Adjectives in -ος, -η, -ο
3.34 Adjectives in -ος, -α, -ο
3.35 Adjectives in -ος, -ια, -ο
3.36 Adjectives in -ύς, -ιά, -ύ
3.37 Adjectives in -ής, -ιά, -ί
3.38 The adjective (quantifier) πολύς
3.39 Adjectives in -ης, -ες
3.40 Adjectives with neuter in -ικο
3.41 Adjectives in -ων, -ουσα, -ον
3.42 Indeclinable adjectives
Comparison of adjectives
3.43 Overview
3.44 The comparative
3.45 The relative superlative
3.46 The absolute superlative
3.47 Irregular comparatives and superlatives
The use of noun phrases and of adjectives
3.48 Agreement within the noun phrase
3.49 The use of the cases: introduction
3.50 The use of the nominative
3.51 The use of the accusative
3.52 The use of the genitive
3.53 The use of the vocative
3.54 The use of the definite article
3.55 The use of the indefinite article
3.56 Absence of article
3.57 The use of adjectives
Chapter 4 Pronouns and determiners
4.1 Personal pronouns: weak (clitic) forms
4.2 Personal pronouns: strong (emphatic) forms
4.3 Demonstrative pronouns and determiners
4.4 Possessive pronouns and determiners
4.5 Interrogative pronouns and determiners
4.6 Indefinite pronouns and determiners
4.7 Relative and correlative pronouns and determiners
4.8 The universal pronouns καθένας and καθετί and the distributive determiner κάθε
4.9 Other pronouns and determiners
4.10 Quantifiers
Chapter 5 Numerals
5.1 Table of cardinal and ordinal numerals
5.2 The declined forms of cardinal numerals
5.3 Multiplicative numerals
5.4 Collective numerals
5.5 Numerals in expressions of time, space and quantity
Chapter 6 The verb and the verb phrase
6.1 Introduction to the verb phrase
6.2 Preliminary notes on the verb system
6.3 Person and number
6.4 Tense, aspect, voice and mood
6.5 The use of the tenses and other verb forms
6.6 Defective, impersonal and deponent verbs
The basic forms
6.7 The verb ‘to be’
6.8 First-conjugation verbs
6.9 Second-conjugation verbs (type A)
6.10 Second-conjugation verbs (type B)
6.11 Second-conjugation verbs with passive only
6.12 Verbs with contracted active present forms
6.13 Verbs with irregular form of active dependent
The formation of active and passive perfective stems
6.14 Perfective stems of first-conjugation verbs
6.15 Perfective stems of second-conjugation verbs
6.16 The passive perfect participle
The formation of other tenses and verb forms
6.17 The perfective and imperfective futures
6.18 The perfect tenses and the auxiliary verb έχω
6.19 The conditional and perfect conditional
6.20 The subjunctive forms
Augment
6.21 Syllabic augment
6.22 Vocalic augment
6.23 Internal augment
Irregular verbs
6.24 Definition of an irregular verb
6.25 Table of irregular verbs
Chapter 7 The adverb and the adverbial phrase
7.1 Types of adverb: manner, place, time, quantity, etc.
7.2 The use of adverbs and adverbial phrases
The formation of adverbs from adjectives
7.3 Adverbs in -α
7.4 Adverbs in -ως
7.5 Other adverbs formed from adjectives
7.6 Comparison of adverbs
Chapter 8 The preposition and the prepositional phrase
8.1 Introduction to prepositions and prepositional phrases
8.2 The uses of individual prepositions
8.3 Compound prepositions; adverbs used as prepositions
Chapter 9 Conjunctions and particles
9.1 Co-ordinating conjunctions
9.2 Subordinating conjunctions
9.3 Particles
Chapter 10 The clause
10.1 Types of clause
Main clauses
10.2 Statements
10.3 Suggestions, wishes, requests, promises etc.
10.4 Commands and prohibitions
10.5 Yes/no questions
10.6 Wh- questions
10.7 Negation
10.8 Exclamations
Subordinate clauses
10.9 Relative clauses
10.10 Indirect questions
10.11 Indirect commands
10.12 Complement clauses
10.13 Conditional constructions
10.14 Concessive clauses
10.15 Temporal clauses
10.16 Clauses of manner
10.17 Clauses of purpose (final clauses)
10.18 Clauses of result
10.19 Clauses of cause
Other syntactic phenomena
10.20 Word order, topicalization and focusing
10.21 Co-ordination
10.22 Comparison
10.23 Reflexive expressions
10.24 Reciprocal expressions
10.25 Impersonal uses of verbs
Chapter 11 Word formation
11.1 Suffixation
11.2 Prefixation
11.3 Compound formation
Chapter 12 Conversational features
12.1 Politeness and familiarity
12.2 Proper names and pet names
12.3 Greetings and wishes
Appendices
1 Correspondence table of pronouns, determiners and adverbs
2 Some abbreviations in common use
Glossary of grammatical terms
Some recommended books for further study
Index of grammatical categories and concepts
Index of Greek words
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