Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive-Linguistic Approach to Homeric Versification

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...

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Published in:Symbolae Osloenses 2020-01, Vol.94 (1), p.2-32
Main Author: Janse, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
caesura
colometry
discourse
epic
hexameter
Homer
information structure
information units
intonation units
versification
word order
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0039-7679
1502-7805
DOI:10.1080/00397679.2020.1927534