Aspect and construal. A cognitive linguistic approach to iterativity, habituality and genericity in Greek 16 1.1 Introduction 16 1.2 Iterativity, habituality and genericity in cognitive linguistics 20 1.3 Types of construal in cognitive linguistics 22 1.4 Ancient Greek tense and aspect in iteratives, habituals and generics 27 1.5 Conclusion: Construal and embodiment 38 Bibliography 39 Annemieke Drummen 2 A construction-grammar analysis of ancient Greek particles 42 2.1 Introduction 42 2.2 Construction grammar 43 2.3 Ancient Greek particles 44 2.4 Interpreting particles with constructions 45 2.4.1 Kaί: From connecting to clarifying to indignation 45 2.4.2 Te: Connecting and shared knowledge 55 2.4.3 Dé: From a new step to epic style to hostility 58 2.5 Summary 61 2.5.1 Kaί-construction 1 62 2.5.2 Kaί-construction 2 62 2.5.3 Kaί-construction 3 62 2.5.4 Kaί-construction 4 62 2.5.5 Te-construction 63 2.5.6 Dé-construction 63 2.6 Beyond constructions 64 Bibliography 65 Chiara Fedriani 3 The embodied basis of discourse and pragmatic markers in Greek and Latin 69 3.1 Introduction 69 3.2 Discourse markers, pragmatic markers, and pragmaticalization 72 3.3 Image schemas of movement and exchange and their metaphorical extensions in the pragmatic domain 74 3.4 The embodied pragmaticalization of íthi, áge, age, phére and em 80 3.4.1 Íthi, áge, and age as pragmatic markers 81 3.4.2 Phére and em as discourse markers (and the specific status of phére) 84 3.5 Conclusions 88 Bibliography 90 Luisa Brucale 4 Reversive constructions in Latin: The case of re-(and dis-) 93 4.1 Introduction 93 4.2 Verbal prefixation 94 4.3 Reversivity and reversives 96 4.4 Re-and dis-98 4.5 Re-data 100 4.5.1 Spatial values 101 4.5.2 Abstract values 105 4.6 Dis-data 116 4.7 Conclusions 121 Bibliography 123 Anna Bonifazi 5 Autόs and the center-periphery image schema 126 5.1 Introduction 126 5.2 The image schema center-periphery 128 5.3 The syntax and the semantics of autόs 130 5.4 Intensifiers evoking a center and periphery 131 5.5 Autόs in Homer, and the link to au-adverbs and particles 132 5.6 The center-periphery scenarios evoked by autόs: Linguistic evidence in and beyond Homer 133 5.6.1 An individual at the center of the visual field, and more individuals around him/her 135 5.6.2 Individuals superior in rank to, or more important than, other people 137 5.6.3 Bodies without additional objects such as 'arms'/'corpses' 141 5.6.4 The internal self; subject of consciousness; one's true identity; proximity to the speaking "I" 142 5.7 Autόs-objects and referents "just mentioned" 144 5.8 Conclusion 145 Bibliography 146 Silvia Luraghi, Eleonora Sausa 6 Aspects of aural perception in Homeric Greek 149 6.1 Introduction 149 6.2 Experiential situations 150 6.2.1 Verbs of perception 151 6.3 Construction alternation with perception and cognition verbs 153 6.4 akoúō 155 6.4.1 Inanimate stimuli 156 6.4.2 Animate stimuli 158 6.5 Hear, listen, learn 163 6.5.1 klúō 164 6.5.2 Punthánomai 165 6.6 Discussion 169 6.6.1 Aspect and actionality 169 6.6.2 The function of constr...