From Indo-European to Latin : the evolution of a morphosyntactic type / Helena Kurzová.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurzová, Helena.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 104.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin language--Morphology.

Latin language.

Indo-European languages--Influence on Latin.

Indo-European languages.

Latin language--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study aims to describe the typological characteristics of the original Indo-European structure, called the derivative-flectional stage (or (sub)type), and to trace its developments to the paradigmatically organized structure of the individual Indo-European languages, called the paradigmatic-flectional stage (or (sub)type). This development is demonstrated in Latin, a language characterized by highy developed inflection, which attests, especially by its verbal system, an alternative way of paradigmatizing the original structure, differing from Old Indian and Greek on which traditional reco

Contents:

pt. 1. The origins and evolution of the Indo-European flectional type : the derivative-flectional type of Indo-European and the paradigmatic-flectional type of Latin

pt. 2. The basic principles and origins of the nominal system and inflections

pt. 3. The Indo-European origins of the Latin verbal system.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31305-7

9786613313058

90-272-7707-9

OCLC:

647810835