Left-dislocation in Latin : topics and syntax in Republican texts / by Hilla Halla-aho.
Material type: TextSeries: Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; volume 28Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9789004357464
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- Latin language -- Discourse analysis
- Latin language -- Syntax
- Latin language -- Grammar, Generative
- Latin (Langue) -- Analyse du discours
- Latin (Langue) -- Syntaxe
- Latin (Langue) -- Grammaire générative
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
- Latin language -- Discourse analysis
- Latin language -- Grammar, Generative
- Latin language -- Syntax
- PA2311
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"In the construction known as left-dislocation, an element appears in a fronted position, before the clause to which it belongs, usually introducing the topic of the sentence. Based on a detailed analysis of syntax, information structure and pragmatic organization, this study explores how left-dislocation is used in republican Latin comedy, prose and inscriptions as a device to introduce topics or other pragmatically prominent elements. Taking into consideration especially relative clause syntax and constraints of each text type, Hilla Halla-aho shows that, in the context of early Latin syntax and the evolving standards of the written language, left-dislocation performs similar functions in dramatic dialogue, legal inscriptions and archaic prose"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Defining left-dislocation -- Left-dislocation in comedy (with an appendix on Lucretius) -- Left-dislocation in the Epigraphic material -- Left-dislocation in Republican prose.
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