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
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v
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List of Displays
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vi
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Chapter
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I. Introduction
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1
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II. Theoretical Background and Status Quaestionis
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7
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1. The Theory of Functional Sentence Perspective
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7
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2. Other Approaches to Word Order
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18
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3. Studies on Word Order in Latin
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22
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III. The Communicative Perspective in Colloquial Latin: Plautus
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31
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1. Introduction
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31
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2. Non-emotive Word Order
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32
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3. Emotive Word Order
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51
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4. Conclusion
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54
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IV. Colloquial Latin: Patterns, Problems, Prospects
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59
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1. Introduction
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59
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2. Relative Pronouns
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59
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3. Interrogative Sentences
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61
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4. Imperative Sentences
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68
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5. Disjunctions
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72
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6. “Accessory” Words in Second Position
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80
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7. Afterthoughts
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83
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8. Dominating Verb Inside Subordinate Clause
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85
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9. Rhematizing Factors
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89
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10. Toward a Better Comprehension of Texts
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92
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V. The Place of the Verb in Legal and Religious Texts and the Emergence of a Literary Convention
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99
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1. Introduction
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99
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2. Religious Texts
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99
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3. Legal Texts
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106
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4. The Proto-Indo-European OV Pattern
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110
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5. The Emergence of a Literary Convention
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112
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VI. The Communicative Perspective and the Place of the Verb in Classical Latin: Caesar
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117
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1. Introduction
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117
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2. Final Verbs
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117
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3. Semantic Roles and Communicative Dynamism
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119
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4. A Syntactic Factor in Word Order
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127
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5. Context
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131
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6. Non-final Verbs
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144
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7. Summary
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148
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VII. Concluding Remarks
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151
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1. Word Order in Other Latin Authors
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151
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2. Communicative Word Order and Latin Accentuation
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152
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3. Evaluation of the Theory of FSP
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156
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Bibliography
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161
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Place Index
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173
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Author Index
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176
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