The Development of Latin Clause Structure

Autor

Lieven Danckaert

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

384

ISBN

9780198759522

Categorii

Lingvistica In Limbi Străine Stiinte Limba Contemporana Lingvistica Istorica Si Comparativa

Descriere

This book examines Latin word order patterns, in particular the relative ordering of i) lexical verbs and direct objects and ii) auxiliaries and non-finite verbs. Lieven Danckaert offers a corpus-based description of these alternations and demonstrates that Latin is a fully configurational language, contrary to received wisdom.