Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive-Linguistic Approach to Homeric Versification. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Janse, Mark
• Is Part Of: Symbolae Osloenses. Volume 94:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 2
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: Homer -- epic -- hexameter -- caesura -- colometry -- versification -- discourse -- information structure -- information units -- intonation units -- word order; Classical philology -- Periodicals; 480
• DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1927534
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0039-7679

Abstract

Abstract : Anyone interested in the colometry or "inner metrics" of the Homeric hexameter is confronted with a wide variety of different approaches, favouring two-, three- or four-colon verses or any combination of these. This article builds on Egbert Bakker's interpretation of Homeric discourse as a succession of intonation / information units (IUs). Its aim is to provide more secure cognitive-linguistic criteria for determining caesura positions and the resulting cola / IUs.