03117nam 2200601zu 450 991015782200332120210731015735.00-19-179990-4(CKB)3780000000081252(SSID)ssj0001645747(PQKBManifestationID)16414346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001645747(PQKBWorkID)14961801(PQKB)10227610(StDuBDS)EDZ0001199399(MiAaPQ)EBC4842238(EXLCZ)99378000000008125220160829d2015 uy engur|||||||||||txtccrTerence and the verb 'to be' in LatinFirst edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2015.1 online resourceOxford classical monographs series Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-873624-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. Overture linguistic puzzles -- Aims and findings -- Methodological issues -- 'To be' in Latin : a (short) history -- Statistics -- Contraction of esse : collection of evidence. Phonological patterns -- The evidence -- Contraction of esse : phonological analysis and historical appraisal. Phonological discussion -- Historical appraisal of contracted forms -- Analysis of contracted forms in Terence. The pattern -ŭs + (e)stl(e)s -- Syntax and word order -- Contractions after -V and -Vm -- Limits of contraction -- Sigmatic ecthlipsis and cliticization of esse. First premisse : final -s in Latin -- Second premise : the metre of Roman comedy -- Sigmatic echlipsis : editors' choice -- Terence : the metrical evidence -- Linguistic observations -- Epilogue : sigmatic, eechtlipsis in Plautus -- Conclusions. Contracted spellings of est/es -- Contraction of esse as speech phenomenon -- Prosodic reduction in -s + sum/sim/sit -- Cliticization of esse -- The semantics of esse -- The syntactic nature of esse -- Word order : the position of esse -- Final remarks.This is an in-depth study of the verb 'to be' in Latin (esse) and its contracted form, with a particular focus on its appearance in the plays of the ancient Roman playwright, Terence.Oxford classical monographs.Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin Esse (The Latin word)VerbLatin languageAbbreviations, LatinGreek & Latin Languages & LiteraturesHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEsse (The Latin word)VerbLatin languageAbbreviations, LatinGreek & Latin Languages & LiteraturesLanguages & Literatures47218.45bclPezzini Giuseppe1223024PQKBBOOK9910157822003321Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin2837016UNINA