| Abstract [eng] |
This chapter discusses empirically periphrastic constructions from books 1 and 2 of Aristotle’s Rhetoric, treated holistically as a multilayered corpus. Some, e.g., ποιεῖσθαι λόγον poieĩsthai lógon, reflect the canonical features of support-verb constructions. The chapter illustrates the relationship between these constructions and the rhetorical strategies of alternating between brevity and expansion. Furthermore, the stylistic diversity of phrases and issues with their terminological conception are addressed. The chapter considers the concepts developed in Graeco-Roman rhetorical theory, such as períphrasis, makrología, brakhulogía, and their alignment with modern views, and hypothesises that the term ‘periphrasis’, elaborated in ancient rhetoric, is descriptively adequate for a range of multi-word constructions. It also classifies phraseological material based on verb semantic role and introversion and extraversion categories, reinterpreting theories of valency change. |
