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Spevak, Olga. 2008. The position of Focus constituents in Latin: A comparison between Latin and Czech. Journal of Pragmatics 40 (1) : 114–126.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper explores whether focus constituents in Latin are positioned according to Firbas (1992)' principle of ‘communicative dynamism’ and claimed for Latin by Panhuis (1982). Examples in Latin are then compared with their translations into Czech. Findings show various differences between Latin and Czech regarding both the position of focus constituents and their anaphoric continuation.