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Author Halla-aho, Hilla, author.

Title Left-dislocation in Latin : topics and syntax in Republican texts / by Hilla Halla-aho.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Amsterdam studies in classical philology, 1380-6068 ; volume 28
Amsterdam studies in classical philology. 1380-6068 ; volume 28.
Summary "In the construction known as left-dislocation, an element appears in a fronted position, before the clause to which it belongs, usually introducing the topic of the sentence. Based on a detailed analysis of syntax, information structure and pragmatic organization, this study explores how left-dislocation is used in republican Latin comedy, prose and inscriptions as a device to introduce topics or other pragmatically prominent elements. Taking into consideration especially relative clause syntax and constraints of each text type, Hilla Halla-aho shows that, in the context of early Latin syntax and the evolving standards of the written language, left-dislocation performs similar functions in dramatic dialogue, legal inscriptions and archaic prose"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Defining left-dislocation -- Left-dislocation in comedy (with an appendix on Lucretius) -- Left-dislocation in the Epigraphic material -- Left-dislocation in Republican prose.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Latin language -- Discourse analysis.
Latin language -- Discourse analysis.
Latin language.
Latin language -- Syntax.
Latin language -- Syntax.
Latin language -- Grammar, Generative.
Latin language -- Grammar, Generative.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Halla-aho, Hilla, author. Left-dislocation in Latin Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004302471 (DLC) 2018033021
ISBN 9789004357464 (electronic book)
9004357467 (electronic book)
9789004302471