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Lectures on syntax : with special reference to Greek, Latin, and Germanic / Jacob Wackernagel ; edited with notes and bibliography by David Langslow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wackernagel, Jacob, 1853-1938.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Classical languages--Syntax.
- Classical languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1005 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An extensively annotated English edition of the two series of Vorlesungen --uuml--;ber Syntax by the great linguist and classical philologist Jacob Wackernagel. The lectures are still among the best available introductions not only to Greek, Latin, and comparative syntax but also to many topics in the history and pre-history of Greek and Latin, and their relations with other languages. - ;This book is an English version of two series of highly acclaimed introductory lectures given by the great Swiss linguist and classical philologist Jacob Wackernagel (1853-1938) at the University of Basle in
- Contents:
- Contents; Editor's Introduction; I: FIRST COURSE OF LECTURES; Author's Prefaces; Lectures: 1-13 General Introduction; Lecture: 13 The Parts of Speech; Lectures: 14-18 Number; Lectures: 19-21 Personal Forms of the Verb; Lectures: 21-5 Voice; Lectures: 25-36 Tense; Lectures: 36-42 Mood; Lectures: 43-5 Infinitive; Lecture: 46 Supine and Gerund; Lectures: 47-8 Participles; Lectures: 49-51 The Cases; II: SECOND COURSE OF LECTURES; Author's Prefaces; Lectures: 1-5 Gender; Lectures: 6-8 Nouns and Adjectives; Lectures: 9-13 Pronouns; Lectures: 14-16 The Article; Lectures: 17-26 Prepositions
- Lectures: 27-33 NegationAbbreviations and References; Indices; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [793]-879) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-26868-6
- 9786612268687
- 0-19-154158-3
- OCLC:
- 435942147
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