| Physical description |
1 online resource (xi, 318 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series ; v. 117 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 117.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Placement constraints and liberties in Latin constituent order -- Pragmatic functions -- Declarative sentences -- Interrogative sentences -- Imperative sentences -- Noun phrases. |
| Summary |
Latin is a language with variable (so-called 'free') word order. Constituent Order in Classical Latin Prose (Caesar, Cicero, and Sallust) presents the first systematic description of its constituent order from a pragmatic point of view. Apart from general characteristics of Latin constituent order, it discusses the ordering of the verb and its arguments in declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences, as well as the ordering within noun phrases. It shows that the relationship of a constituent with its surrounding context and the communicative intention of the writer are the most reliab. |
| Language notes |
English. |
| Subject |
Latin language -- Word order.
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Latin language -- Semantics.
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| ISBN |
9789027288516 (electronic bk.) |
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9027288518 (electronic bk.) |
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9027205841 |
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9789027205841 |
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9789027205841 (hb ; alk. paper) |
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1282558706 |
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9781282558700 |
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9786612558702 |
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6612558709 |
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