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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827344403321

Autore

Kurzová Helena

Titolo

From Indo-European to Latin : the evolution of a morphosyntactic type / / Helena Kurzová

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993

ISBN

1-283-31305-7

9786613313058

90-272-7707-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 259 pages)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 104

Disciplina

475

Soggetti

Latin language - Morphology

Indo-European languages - Influence on Latin

Latin language - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The origins and evolution of the Indo-European flectional type : the derivative-flectional type of Indo-European and the paradigmatic-flectional type of Latin -- pt. 2. The basic principles and origins of the nominal system and inflections -- pt. 3. The Indo-European origins of the Latin verbal system.

Sommario/riassunto

This study aims to describe the typological characteristics of the original Indo-European structure, called the derivative-flectional stage (or (sub)type), and to trace its developments to the paradigmatically organized structure of the individual Indo-European languages, called the paradigmatic-flectional stage (or (sub)type). This development is demonstrated in Latin, a language characterized by highy developed inflection, which attests, especially by its verbal system, an alternative way of paradigmatizing the original structure, differing from Old Indian and Greek on which traditional reco