tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post2482821246087262643..comments2019-08-06T18:27:53.396-07:00Comments on alternate readings: Helma Dik - Word Order in Greek Tragic DialogueC. Stirling Bartholomewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03571440237755902925noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34223021.post-35008545283289367212009-08-29T15:42:10.260-07:002009-08-29T15:42:10.260-07:00well said and you're right. Hopefully at some ...well said and you're right. Hopefully at some point Dik will do something beyond the class level - I think the closest we get to Levinsohn's points of departure is Dik's setting, which doesn't say much in terms of discourse analysis.<br /><br />with that said, I do find her readings at the end of both of her word order books of larger chunks of text to be rather satisfying in terms of putting her pragmatic framework to the test in a discourse context.<br /><br />There are things that I don't care for with Dik and there are things that I love a lot. For one, like you I wish she would go beyond the clause, and secondly, I wish that she would provide more detail on syntax. Her desire to explain everything by means of pragmatics isn't always helpful - just like much mainstream generative work has attempted to explain everything via autonomous syntax with no reference to pragmatics at all.Mike Aubreyhttp://evepheso.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com