The Development of Latin Clause Structure (Hardcover)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017

0198759525 / 9780198759522

Serie: Libro 21 di 47 - Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics

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Hardcover. This book examines Latin word order, and in particular the relative ordering of i) lexical verbs and direct objects (OV vs VO) and ii) auxiliaries and non-finite verbs (VAux vs AuxV). In Latin these elements can freely be ordered with respect to each other, whereas the present-day Romance languages only allow for the head-initial orders VO and AuxV. Lieven Danckaert offers a detailed, corpus-based description of these two word order alternations, focusing on theirdiachronic development in the period from c. 200 BC until 600 AD. The corpus data reveal that some received wisdom needs to be reconsidered: there is in fact no evidence for any major increase inproductivity of the order VO during the eight centuries under investigation, and the order AuxV only becomes more frequent in clauses with a modal verb and an infinitive, not in clauses with a BE-auxiliary and a past participle. The book also explores a more fundamental question about Latin syntax, namely whether or not the language is configurational, in the sense that a phrase structure grammar (with 'higher-order constituents' such as verb phrases) is needed to describe and analyse Latinword order patterns. Four pieces of evidence are presented that suggest that Latin is indeed a fully configurational language, despite its high degree of word order flexibility. Specifically, it is shownthat there is ample evidence for the existence of a verb phrase constituent. The book thus contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the status of configurationality as a language universal. This book examines Latin word order patterns, in particular the relative ordering of i) lexical verbs and direct objects and ii) auxiliaries and non-finite verbs. Lieven Danckaert offers a corpus-based description of these alternations and demonstrates that Latin is a fully configurational language, contrary to received wisdom. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
The Development of Latin Clause Structure (Hardcover)
Autore
Lieven Danckaert
Editore
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Anno di pubblicazione
2017
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0198759525
ISBN 13
9780198759522
Serie
Libro 21 di 47: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics

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