Warning Style in the Ancient Greek Language: An Applied Study in Plays of Sophocles

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This research deals with the warning style in the plays of Sophocles, an applied study, to highlight a warning which is the act of noticing something is about to happen, and its aim is to warn the addressee of something that must be avoided. This research was applied through Sophocles’ plays to monitor the types of warning and the methods and structures they contain, either explicitly or implicitly.  After studying the examples, Sophocles used a variety of "styles of warning", and the study also proved that not all are equally strong in the "warning" meaning. There is a “weak” warning style, another “strong” warning, and a third “severe”. Likewise, we cannot equate the degree of a dialog sentence warning by using one of the styles of warning, others are warned by using two or more warning styles.
The researcher dealt with the concept of warning and the words that indicate it, whether they are verbs, adjectives, or adverbs, as well as different warning formulas and styles, she also dealt with many direct and indirect warning styles, such as the command and prohibition, the interrogative, the condition, the oath, and the declarative style.

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Warning, Explicit warning, Implicit warning, Sophocles, Ancient Greek Language, Imperative, Prohibition, Interrogative, Condition, Oath, Silent verbs, Motion verbs, Stative verbs, Senses verbs, Mental verbs, Declarative Sentence, Adverb

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