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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789774503321

Autore

Panhuis Dirk G. J

Titolo

The communicative perspective in the sentence : a study of Latin word order / / Dirk G.J. Panhuis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1982

ISBN

1-283-23409-2

9786613234094

90-272-8214-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

475

Soggetti

Latin language - Word order

Latin language - Sentences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Michigan, 1981) under title: The communicative perspective in Latin word order.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE COMMUNICATIVE PERSPECTIVE IN THE SENTENCEA Study of Latin Word Order; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; LIST OF DISPLAYS; Table of contents; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND STATUS QUAESTIONIS; CHAPTER III. THE COMMUNICATIVE PERSPECTIVE IN COLLOQUIAL LATIN: PLAUTUS; CHAPTER IV. COLLOQUIAL LATIN: PATTERNS, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS; CHAPTER V. THE PLACE OF THE VERB IN LEGAL AND RELIGIOUS TEXTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A LITERARY CONVENTION; CHAPTER VI. THE COMMUNICATIVE PERSPECTIVE AND THE PLACE OF THE VERB IN CLASSICAL LATIN: CAESAR; CHAPTER VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PLACE INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph fills a gap in our understanding of a so-called free word order language. Thus far many observations have been made on Latin word order, particularly within the noun phrase. Yet a more systematic investigation with respect to the order of the sentence constituents was still lacking, that is, till the arrival of the current monograph The Communicative Perspective in the Sentence: A Study of Latin Word Order. This excellent research monograph on the order of the sentence constituents in a particular, typologically ambivalent



language, will be welcomed by both Latinists and ge