Semantics for Latin - An Introduction

Zusatztext This is an exciting book -- ambitious, penetrating, and a watershed in the description of Latin. Informationen zum Autor A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Stanford University) and Laurence D. Stephens (Adjunct Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) have collaborated on research in Latin and Greek linguistics for many years. They have written numerous articles and books on topics ranging from metrics and prosody to syntax and semantics. Klappentext Semantics for Latin is the first work to apply the discipline of Formal Semantics to the study of Latin grammatical meaning. Zusammenfassung Semantics for Latin is the first work to apply the discipline of Formal Semantics to the study of Latin grammatical meaning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Abbreviations Introduction 1. Tense 2. Aspect 3. Argument Structure 4. Location 5. Quantification 6. Plurality 7. Modification 8. Negation 9. Modality Symbols Bibliography Index

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• Authors: A M Devine, A. M. Devine, A. M./ Stephens Devine, Devine A. M., Laurence D Stephens, Laurence D. Stephens, Stephens Laurence D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2013
• EAN: 9780199969524
• ISBN: 978-0-19-996952-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Latin, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics