Pavlovska Z. Syntax of the Accusative Case in Modern Greek

The thesis is aiming at solving the scientific problem of studying the functional nature of the Modern Greek accusative case. The research is conducted from the position of the functional linguistics, due to that the peculiarities of the accusative case in Modern Greek language are fully described. The history of Greek case system is characterized (from the Ancient Indoeuropean till the Modern Greek cases), the place of accusative is underlined, the genesis of its functions is conducted and the forming of prepostions system is analysed. Such phenomena as transferring the functions from genitive and dative cases to the accusative case is being in the focus of attention. Functions of Ancient and Modern Greek cases are described, as well as the cooperation of accusative and genitive (syntactic derivation). The language situation in today's Greece is characterized, provoked by the opposition of demotic and catharevousa, due to which some case phenomena of the modern Greek languagecan be explained. Primary and secondary functions of the accusative case are described separately, as well as the prepositional and non-prepositional use (the differences and the cooperation of the two systems). The improved semantic classification of verb predicatives governing the accusative case is presented, made on the basis of verb valency. Its is proved that the Modern Greek language reconstructs the ergative system of the Ancient Indoeuropean language, with the help of special class of verbs (ergative and transmissive).