Archaic Syntax in Indo-European : The Spread of Transitivity in Latin and French
Brigitte. Bauer
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Berlin : : De Gruyter, , 2000.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (412 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Abbreviations referring to grammatical terms:; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Language typology: Arbitrariness and system; 1.2 Indo-European linguistics and content-related typology; 1.3 Language types; 1.4 Proto-Indo-European and active typology; 1.5 The aim of this study; Chapter 2 The ergative and active hypotheses for Proto-Indo-European; 2.1 Preliminary discussion: Uhlenbeck and Sapir; 2.2 General characteristics of ergativity; 2.3 Proto-Indo-European and the ergative hypothesis; 2.4 Non-Transitive languages; 2.5 Conclusion: The non-nominative stage of Proto-Indo-European. - 7.2 Syntactic residues in Proto-Indo-European7.3 Grammatical characteristics and the development of syntactic residues; 7.4 Parallels with other structures; References; Index. - Chapter 3 Impersonal verbs3.1 The impersonal verb in Indo-European: General considerations; 3.2 Impersonal verbs referring to weather conditions; 3.3 Impersonal verbs in Latin not referring to weather conditions; 3.4 The development of impersonal verbs in the shift from Latin to Romance; 3.5 Impersonal verbs in non-Indo-European languages; 3.6 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Possessive mihi est constructions; 4.1 Types of possession; 4.2 Possession in Indo-European languages; 4.3 The mihi est construction in Latin; 4.4 Dative vs. genitive in possessive constructions; 4.5 Conclusion. - Chapter 5 Nominal structures: Verbal mihi est constructions5.1 Verbal mihi est constructions in the early daughter languages; 5.2 Verbal mihi est constructions in Latin; 5.3 Verbal mihi est constructions: conclusion; Chapter 6 Nominal structures: Absolute constructions; 6.1 Absolute constructions in the early daughter languages; 6.2 Absolute constructions: An inherited characteristic?; 6.3 Absolute constructions in Latin; 6.4 The development of absolute constructions in Latin; 6.5 Absolutes in Old and Middle French; 6.6 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Conclusion; 7.1 Proto-Indo-European grammar. - This book analyzes structures in (early) Indo-European languages that traditionally have been difficult to account for: impersonal verbs, ""mihi est"" constructions to express possession, ""mihi est"" constructions in combination with a nominal form of the verb, and absolute constructions. It is argued that they are inherited from Proto-Indo- European and that they are residues of a stage at which the proto-language was non-nominative. Their gradual replacement with modern transitive structures, as demonstrated in detail in the development of Latin and French, shows the increasing importance o
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| Emner | Indo-European languages - Syntax
Indo-European languages - Verb Proto-Indo-European language - Syntax Historisk framstilling Vis mer... Indoeuropeiske språk
Languages & Literatures Philology & Linguistics Syntaks indoeuropeiske proto-indoeuropeiske språk syntaks |
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| ISBN | 3110167239
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