This book investigates the syntactic and semantic development of a selection of indefinite pronouns and determiners (such as aliquis ‘some’, nullus ‘no’, and nemo ‘no one’) between Latin and the Romance languages. Although these elements have undergone significant diachronic change since the Classical Latin period, the modern Romance languages show a remarkable degree of similarity in the way their systems of indefinites have evolved and
are structured today. In this volume, Chiara Gianollo draws on data from Classical and Late Latin texts, and from electronic corpora of the early stages of various Romance languages, to propose a new account of these
similarities. The focus is primarily on Late Latin: at this stage, the grammar of indefinites already shows a number of changes, which are homogeneously transmitted to the daughter languages, leading to parallelism in the various emerging Romance systems. The volume demonstrates the value of using methods and models from synchronic theoretical linguistics for investigating diachronic phenomena, as well as the importance of diachronic research in understanding the nature of crosslinguistic
variation and language change.
Indefinites between Latin and Romance Sast
$144.03 Original price was: $144.03.$99.00Current price is: $99.00.
Free Shipping On Orders Over $50.
SKU: Indefinites between Latin and Romance Sast-27615
Categories: Reference, Words, Language & Grammar
Be the first to review “Indefinites between Latin and Romance Sast” Cancel reply
Related products
Sale
Dictionaries & Thesauruses
Sale
Reference
Sale
Sale
Dictionaries & Thesauruses




Reviews
There are no reviews yet.