Wackernagel's law and the placement of the copula esse in classical Latin / J.N. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, J. N. (James Noel)

Series:

Supplementary volume (Cambridge Philological Society) ; no. 18.

Supplementary volume ; no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Esse (The Latin word).

Latin language--Copula.

Latin language.

Latin language--Word order.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Cambridge Philological Society, 2020.

Summary:

This study, first published in 1994, considers the placement of the copula esse in Classical Latin and the possible relationship of its placement to Wackernagel's Law.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Some types of enclitics in Latin

2. The copula esse

some previous discussions

3. Non + esse

4. Patterns and some statistics

5. Split predicates and subjects

6. Esse as an auxiliary

7. The relative pronoun qui + auxiliary/copula

8. The orders predicate est subject, predicate subject est

9. The order subject est predicate

10. A pattern showing esse in initial position

11. The order (subject) predicate est

12. Conclusion.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Adams, J. N. Wackernagel's Law and the Placement of the Copula Esse in Classical Latin

ISBN:

9781913701246

1913701247

OCLC:

645843585