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The Life Cycle of Adpositions

T. Givón

Adpositions are used, universally, to mark the roles of nominal participants in the verbal clause, most commonly indirect object roles. Practically all languages seem to have such markers, which begin their diachronic life as lexical words -- in this case either serial verbs or positional nouns. In… read more

[Not in series, 236] 2021. xii, 205 pp.

Pragmatic Approaches to Latin and Ancient Greek

Edited by Camille Denizot and Olga Spevak

Pragmatics forms nowadays an integral part of the description not only of modern languages but also of ancient languages such as Latin and Ancient Greek. This book explores various pragmatic phenomena in these two languages, which are accessible through corpora consisting of a broad range of text… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 190] 2017. xvi, 309 pp.

Embodiment in Latin Semantics

Edited by William Michael Short

Embodiment in Latin Semantics introduces theories of embodied meaning developed in the cognitive sciences to the study of Latin semantics. Bringing together contributions from an international group of scholars, the volume demonstrates the pervasive role that embodied cognitive structures and… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 174] 2016. v, 271 pp.

Latin Embedded Clauses: The left periphery

Lieven Danckaert

This monograph is one of the first studies that approaches Latin syntax from a formal perspective, combining detailed corpus-based description with formal theoretical analysis. The empirical focus is word order in embedded clauses, with special attention to clauses in which one or more constituents… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 184] 2012. xviii, 368 pp.

Constituent Order in Classical Latin Prose

Olga Spevak

Latin is a language with variable (so-called 'free') word order. Constituent Order in Classical Latin Prose (Caesar, Cicero, and Sallust) presents the first systematic description of its constituent order from a pragmatic point of view. Apart from general characteristics of Latin constituent order,… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 117] 2010. xv, 318 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume VI

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

[Not in series, POG 6] 2001. viii, 264 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume VII

Edited by Alessandra Bertocchi, Mirka Maraldi and Anna Orlandini

[Not in series, POG 7] 2001. xii, 146 pp.

Grammaticalization: Studies in Latin and Romance morphosyntax

Jurgen Klausenburger

In this monograph, various aspects of the morphosyntactic evolution of the Romance languages are shown to interact in a theory of grammaticalization. The study argues for the incorporation and subordination of inflectional morphology within a grammaticalization continuum, constituting but a portion… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 193] 2000. xiii, 183 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume V

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

[Not in series, POG 5] 2000. xii, 202 pp.

De Lingua Latina X: A new critical text and English translation with prolegomena and commentary

Daniel J. Taylor

De Lingua Latina X has never been so courageously edited nor so daringly translated as in this long-awaited sequel to Taylors Declinatio (SiHoLS 2). The editors intimate familiarity with both the extant archetype and Varros unique linguistic theory and practice make this volume indispensable for… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 85] 1996. x, 205 pp.

Linguistic Studies on Latin: Selected papers from the 6th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics (Budapest, 23–27 March 1991)

Edited by József Herman

The volume contains 26 articles (17 in English, 9 in French), selected from the papers presented at the 6th International Colloquim on Latin Linguistics, organized in Budapest. The authors share a common interest in applying to the study of Latin the conceptual framework of contemporary… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 28] 1994. ix, 421 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume IV

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

This is the fourth in a series of volumes bringing together a selection of papers presenting linguistic and philological studies on Latin. The papers combine a thorough theoretical approach of Latin grammar with a rigorous and detailed analysis of the data. read more

[Not in series, POG 4] 1994. xi, 246 pp.

Historical Philology: Greek, Latin, and Romance. Papers in honor of Oswald Szemerényi II

Edited by Bela Brogyanyi and Reiner Lipp

The present volume mainly contains contributions on the classical language, Greek and Latin. In addition to the historical comparative linguistic aspects of these languages, philological and historical questions are dealt with as well. Consideration of Italic and Romance topics is also included.… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 87] 1992. xii, 386 pp.

De Ortu Grammaticae: Studies in medieval grammar and linguistic theory in memory of Jan Pinborg

Edited by Geoffrey L. Bursill-Hall, Sten Ebbesen and E.F.K. Koerner †

The Danish scholar Jan Pinborg (1937-1982) made outstanding contributions to our understanding of medieval language study. The papers in this volume clearly demonstrate the wealth of Pinborg's scholarly interests and the extent of his influence.Though centered on medieval theories of grammar and… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 43] 1990. x, 372 pp.

New Studies in Latin Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Cambridge, April 1987

Edited by Robert Coleman

The 29 papers in this volume cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from the Glottalic Theory and Lachmann's Law to the hermeneutic analysis of text-structure in Tacitus' Germania. The volume focuses on three themes specifically: the morphology and semantics of lexical formation; the internal and… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 21] 1990. x, 480 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume III

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

[Not in series, POG 3] 1990. viii, 250 pp.

Antike Rhythmustheorien: Historische Form und aktuelle Substanz

Wilfried Neumaier

[Heuremata: Studien zu Literatur, Sprachen und Kultur der Antike, 11] 1989. viii, 139 pp.

Etymology and Grammatical Discourse in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Mark E. Amsler

This study focuses on the uses of the grammatical concept of etymologia in primarily Latin writings from the early Middle Ages. Etymologia is a fundamental procedure and discursive strategy in the philosophy and analysis of language in early medieval Latin grammar, as well as in Biblical exegesis,… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 44] 1989. xi, 280 pp.

Hellenistic and Roman Greece as a Sociolinguistic Area

Vit Bubenik

This study concentrates on the Hellenistic and Roman periods in the history of Greek language. It focuses on the gradual contamination of classical dialects by the Hellenistic Koine, their disappearance, the range of intraregional variation, and the process of Koinization from the angle of… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 57] 1989. xv, 331 pp.

Subordination and Other Topics in Latin: Proceedings of the Third Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Bologna, 1–5 April 1985

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

The papers in this volume are centered around the following topics: subordination; cases and prepositions; moods, tenses and voices of the verb; nominal forms of the verb; anaphors and pronouns; word order, theme and rheme, negation, style, morphology and word formation. read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 17] 1989. xxix, 691 pp.

Linguistics and Formulas in Homer: Scalarity and description of the particle per

Egbert J. Bakker

The purpose of this study is to provide a description of the Greek particle per as it occurs in the text of Homer. As such it is a contribution to the study of Ancient Greek in general and of the Greek' particles in particular. But the work transgresses the boundaries of Greek linguistics' proper. read more

[Not in series, 31] 1988. x, 306 pp.

The History of Linguistics in the Classical Period

Edited by Daniel J. Taylor

The study of Greek and Roman language science has figured prominently in the remarkable renascence of interest in the history of linguistics of the last twenty years. We know more now than we did several decades ago about what the Greeks and Romans were thinking, writing, and doing in matters… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 46] 1987. xii, 298 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume II

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

[Not in series, POG 2] 1986. vi, 197 pp.

Aristotle's Theory of Language and its Tradition: Texts from 500 to 1750, sel., transl. and commentary by Hans Arens

Hans Arens

This volume contains a fragment from Aristotle’s Peri Hermeneias [16a1–17a7], with a translation into English and a commentary. This fragment is crucial to the understanding of Aristotle’s thinking about language. It is followed by (translations of) commentaries on Aristotle’s text by scholars… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 29] 1984. v, 532 pp.

Latijnse Syntaxis en Semantiek

Harm Pinkster

[Not in series - Grüner, 87] 1984. xii, 368 pp.

Latin Linguistics and Linguistic Theory: Proceedings of the 1st International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Amsterdam, April 1981

Edited by Harm Pinkster

The articles of this collection on Latin linguistics are representative of the kind of research that is currently carried out in the field of linguistics. Most deal with syntax or sentence structure, but they vary with respect to their emphasis on theory or description. They also vary with respect… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 12] 1983. xviii, 307 pp.

The Communicative Perspective in the Sentence: A study of Latin word order

Dirk G.J. Panhuis

This monograph fills a gap in our understanding of a so-called free word order language. Thus far many observations have been made on Latin word order, particularly within the noun phrase. Yet a more systematic investigation with respect to the order of the sentence consituents was still lacking,… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 11] 1982. viii, 178 pp.

Apollonius Dyscolus: The Syntax of Apollonius Dyscolus

Translated and with commentary by Fred W. Householder

Apollonius Dyscolus was the first formal syntactician in Graeco-Roman linguistics. He considered the nature of language to be logical and rule-governed, and assumed an underlying structure for all levels of language. It might be said that from the work of his predecessors, he extracted syntax. This… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 23] 1981. vi, 281 pp.

Papers on Grammar: Volume I

Edited by Gualtiero Calboli

[Not in series, POG 1] 1980. x, 208 pp.

Analytical Comparison of the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic Languages, shewing the original identity of their grammatical structure: New edition

Franz Bopp (1791–1867)

The publication in 1816 of Bopp’s Über das Conjugationssystem can be considered the beginning of a systematic comparison of Indo-European languages, and thus as having led too the development of the study of language as a science, distinct from philology. The Analytical Comparison (1820) represents… read more

[Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925, 3] 1974. xxxviii, 68 pp. 2nd corrected edition, 1989

Declinatio: A study of the linguistic theory of Marcus Terentius Varro

Daniel J. Taylor

Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 B.C.) was one of the most prolific writers in antiquity. However, of his De Lingua Latina only six of 25 books have survived, and these are neither complete nor free of textual corruption. This study is an attempt to provide an adequate, consistent, and comprehensive… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 2] 1974. xv, 131 pp.

Sprachbehandlung und Darstellungsweise in römischer Prosa: Claudius Quadrigarius, Livius, Aulus Gellius

Wolfgang Schibel

Die Corvinuserzählung, die wir bei Gellius finden, ist in der Forschung lange disputiert worden. H. Peter (1870) hatte sich entschlossen, sie unter die Fragmente des Claudius Quadrigarius aufzunehmen, wegen der Nachbarschaft zur Torquatuserzählung. Mcdonald (1975) vergleicht die bei Gellius… read more

[Not in series - Grüner, 91] 1971. vii, 122 pp.

A Complete Lexicon of the Latinity of Caesar's Gallic War: 1891

E.G. Sihler

[Not in series - Grüner, 99] 1968. iv, 188 pp.

Lexilogus zu Homer und den Homeriden: Mit zahlreichen Beiträgen zur griechischen Wortforschung überhaupt, wie auch zur lateinischen und germanischen Wortforschung. 1878-80. 2 vols.

Anton Goebel

[Not in series - Grüner, 47] 1967. xii, 623, x, 678 pp.

Études sur Quintilien: I. Contribution à la recherche des sources de l'institution oratoire. II. Vocabulaire grec de la terminologie rhétorique dans l'institution oratoire. 1935-36. Reprint avec additions de l'auteur

Jean Cousin

[Not in series - Grüner, 29] 1967. 2 vols. in 1, vi, 872, vi, 152 pp.