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Indefinites between Latin and romance / Chiara Gianollo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gianollo, Chiara, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 33.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 33
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin language--Grammar, Comparative--Romance.
- Latin language.
- Romance languages--Grammar, Comparative--Latin.
- Romance languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2018
- Summary:
- This text investigates the syntactic and semantic development of a selection of indefinite pronouns and determiners between Latin and the Romance languages. It uses data from Classical and Late Latin texts and from electronic corpora of early Romance to propose a new account of the similarities in the grammar of indefinites across Romance.
- Contents:
- Indefinites between Latin and Romance Series preface List of abbreviations 1: The grammar of indefinitesFunctions, variation, and change 2: Specific and epistemic indefinites in Latin 3: Aliquis from Latin to Romance 4: Indefinites and negation in the history of Latin 5: Developments in negative and polarity-sensitive contexts from Latin to Romance 6: Conclusions
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-185044-6
- 0-19-254079-3
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