New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax - Volume 1: Syntax of the Sentence. Vol.1

This is the first of a multi-volume set dealing with the long-term evolution of Latin syntax, roughly from the 4th century BCE up to the 6th century CE. There are six pivotal chapters in this volume, each dealing with a subject which is critical to the understanding of the syntactic system. Topics covered include contact phenomena (from Greek and Semitic), the development of word order, particles, coordination, and the syntax of questions and answers. The volume is introduced by the editors in an explanatory "Prolegomena", and the textual parameters are set in a chapter on literary genres and sociolinguistics. Crafted in a functional-typological framework, chapters are user-sensitive, with a minimum of technical jargon and formalism, making them accessible to the widest range of readers.

About the author

Philip Baldi, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Pierluigi Cuzzolin, Bergamo University, Italy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Phili Baldi (Editor), Philip Baldi (Editor), Cuzzolin (Editor), Cuzzolin (Editor), Pierluigi Cuzzolin (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.2009
• EAN: 9783110190823
• ISBN: 978-3-11-019082-3
• No. of pages: 583
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 42 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 1012 g
• Set: New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Mouton de Gruyter; Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiL; ISSN; ISSN; New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM], 180/1
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics