The Communicative Perspective in the Sentence
A study of Latin word order
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, that is, till the arrival of the current monograph The Communicative Perspective in the Sentence: A Study of Latin Word Order. This excellent research monograph on the order of the sentence consituents in a particular, typologically ambivalent language, will be welcomed by both Latinists and general linguists.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 11] 1982. viii, 172 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. v
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List of Displays | p. vi
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Chapter
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I. Introduction | p. 1
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II. Theoretical Background and Status Quaestionis | p. 7
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1. The Theory of Functional Sentence Perspective
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2. Other Approaches to Word Order
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3. Studies on Word Order in Latin
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III. The Communicative Perspective in Colloquial Latin: Plautus | p. 31
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1. Introduction
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2. Non-emotive Word Order
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3. Emotive Word Order
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4. Conclusion
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IV. Colloquial Latin: Patterns, Problems, Prospects | p. 59
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1. Introduction
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2. Relative Pronouns
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3. Interrogative Sentences
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4. Imperative Sentences
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5. Disjunctions
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6. “Accessory” Words in Second Position
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7. Afterthoughts
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8. Dominating Verb Inside Subordinate Clause
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9. Rhematizing Factors
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10. Toward a Better Comprehension of Texts
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V. The Place of the Verb in Legal and Religious Texts and the Emergence of a Literary Convention | p. 99
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1. Introduction
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2. Religious Texts
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3. Legal Texts
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4. The Proto-Indo-European OV Pattern
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5. The Emergence of a Literary Convention
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VI. The Communicative Perspective and the Place of the Verb in Classical Latin: Caesar | p. 117
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1. Introduction
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2. Final Verbs
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3. Semantic Roles and Communicative Dynamism
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4. A Syntactic Factor in Word Order
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5. Context
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6. Non-final Verbs
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7. Summary
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VII. Concluding Remarks | p. 151
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1. Word Order in Other Latin Authors
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2. Communicative Word Order and Latin Accentuation
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3. Evaluation of the Theory of FSP
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Place Index | p. 173
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Author Index | p. 176
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