Van Beek Lucien. The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek: Linguistic Prehistory of the Greek Dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache

Leiden: Brill, 2022. — XXII + 564 p. — (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 22).How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like ἀνδροτῆτα καὶ ἥβην? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as τέτρατος beside τέταρτος originate?
In this book, you will find the first systematic and complete account of the syllabic liquids in Ancient Greek. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and innovative etymological treatment of material from all dialects, including Mycenaean. A new model of linguistic change in the epic tradition is used to tackle two hotly-debated problems: metrical irregularities in Homer (including muta cum liquida) and the double reflex. The proposed solution has important consequences for Greek dialect classification and the prehistory of Epic language and meter.Preface / Abbreviations and Conventions / Chapter 1 The Greek Reflexes of *r̥ and *l̥ / Chapter 2 Mycenaean Reflexes of *r̥ and the Numeral ‘Four’ / Chapter 3 Reflexes of *r̥ in the Alphabetic Dialects / Chapter 4 Reflexes of *r̥ and *l̥ in ‘Caland’ Formations / Chapter 5 Reflexes of *r̥ in καρτερός, κράτος and Related Forms / Chapter 6 Reflexes of *r̥ and muta cum liquida in Epic Greek / Chapter 7 Epic Forms with ‑ρο‑ / Chapter 8 The Reflexes ‑αρ‑ and ‑ρα‑ in Aorist Stems / Chapter 9 Remaining Issues Concerning *r̥ / Chapter 10 The Reflexes of *l̥ / Chapter 11 Relative Chronology /
Chapter 12 Conclusion / Bibliography /Indexes