The μὴ ἵνα + subjunctive construction in Greek documentary papyri

• Giuseppina di Bartolo ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Cologne

     University of Cologne

     Kreisfreie Stadt Köln, Alemania

     
• Localización: Glotta: zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische sprache..., ISSN 0017-1298, Nº. 98, 2022, págs. 136-147
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The construction of μὴ ἵνα + subjunctive, which is attested in Greek documen-tary papyri of the Roman and Byzantine periods, is conventionally explained as an inversion of ἵνα μή + subjunctive. By reference to various examples, it is argued here that the two patterns (i. e. ἵνα μή and μὴ ἵνα) are not in fact syn-tactically equivalent variants, but rather convey different meanings and func-tions on both the syntactic and the pragmatic level. In reality, μὴ ἵνα with the subjunctive does not constitute a subordinate clause but rather represents an instance of grammatical ‘insubordination’. The investigation combines a mor-phosyntactic analysis with a pragmatic and cognitive approach.