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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785036503321

Titolo

New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax. . Volume 2, Constituent Syntax: Adverbial Phrases, Adverbs, Mood, Tense / / Philip Baldi, Pierluigi Cuzzolin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-282-72288-3

9786612722882

3-11-021545-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (576 p.)

Collana

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; ; 180/2

Classificazione

FN 4495

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Latin language -- Syntax

Latin language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Prolegomena -- Adverbial Phrases -- Adverbs -- Mood and Modality -- Actionality, tense, and viewpoint -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax: Constituent Syntax (Adverbial Phrases, Adverbs, Mood, Tense) is the second of four volumes dealing with the long-term evolution of Latin syntax, roughly from the 4th century BCE up to the 6th century CE. This volume, along with Volume 3, comprises chapters dealing with structure and evolution of syntactic phenomena below the level of the sentence. Topics treated in this volume include adverbs, adverbial phrases, mood/modality and tense/aspect. Chapters are distinguished by their depth of treatment, clear style and ample illustration with original ci