Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin

• Autore: Pezzini Giuseppe
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 472
• Soggetto topico: Esse (The Latin word) - Verb; Latin language; Abbreviations, Latin; Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures; Languages & Literatures
• Classificazione: 18.45
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin
• Titolo autorizzato: Terence and the verb 'to be' in Latin
• ISBN: 0-19-179990-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157822003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford classical monographs.