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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]

Table of Contents:

• Defining left-dislocation
• Left-dislocation in comedy (with an appendix on Lucretius)
• Left-dislocation in the Epigraphic material
• Left-dislocation in Republican prose.

Author/Creator:

Halla-aho, Hilla , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Left-dislocation in Latin: topics and syntax in Republican texts [by Halla-aho, H.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Left-dislocation in Latin [by Halla-aho, H.] (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] — ISBN 9789004302471; LCCN 2018033021)

Related Series:

Amsterdam studies in classical philology; volume 28

Subjects:

Latin language — Discourse analysis

Latin language — Syntax

Latin language — Grammar, Generative

Latin language

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PA2311 .H355 2018eb

ISBNs:

9789004357464 (electronic bk.)
9004357467 (electronic bk.)
9789004302471 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018044962

OCLC Numbers:

1054263415