Abstract
Abstract In the final chapter, the main findings of the book are summarized. From a synchronic point of view, it is stressed that ‘verbal periphrasis’ is best considered a prototypically organized notion, and that a binary opposition with ‘adjectival periphrasis’ cannot be upheld. Diachronically, attention is drawn to the value of cross-linguistically attested ‘grammaticalization paths’ for the analysis of major periphrastic constructions such as εἰμί with the perfect or the present participle. It is stressed that the notion of ‘transitivity’ provides additional insight in the diachronic development of these constructions. The book is concluded by a number of observations that can be of interest from a more general, linguistic point of view, such as (a) proposed adaptations concerning the above-mentioned grammaticalization paths, (b) the importance of a ‘socio-historical’ perspective, and (c) the need of studying periphrastic constructions in their language-internal and language-external context.
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