@article{01GW788FMDW2JBSA7HBT5EKNHW,
  abstract     = {{The interjections epsilon?epsilon nu and epsilon??nu are generally said to mark some form of acceptation and be unrelated to the third person plural wish optative e?ev. This paper argues that both the interjection e?ev and e?ev are fossilized wish optatives of the third person plural. Instead of acceptation, they are used in conversation and monologues to signal that continuing in the way of the previous turn / act is dispreferred by the speaker in completing the higher communicative goal of the sequence / move (i. e. let that be that; be that as it may; anyway). First a contrastive analysis is offered of e?ev and e?ev in Classical Greek conversation and monologue using concepts from Conversation Analysis. Second, the evolution of this wish optative into a secondary interjection is sketched. Finally, the textual transmission is discussed of epsilon?epsilon nu epsilon??nu and other interjections in both Classical and Post-Classical Greek.}},
  author       = {{la Roi, Ezra}},
  issn         = {{0013-6662}},
  journal      = {{EMERITA}},
  keywords     = {{wish optative,secondary interjections,Conversation Analysis,preference,pragmatics}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{253--280}},
  title        = {{The secondary interjections εἶεν and εἶἑν as fossilized wish optatives : a conversation analysis approach}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2022.03.2143}},
  volume       = {{90}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}

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