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Author Pinkster, Harm, author.

Title The Oxford Latin syntax. Volume II, The complex sentence and discourse / Harm Pinkster
Edition First edition
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 1438 pages)
Contents Subordinate clauses: common properties and internal structure -- Subordinate clauses filling an argument position -- Subordinate clauses filling a satellite position -- Subordinate clauses with nouns, adjectives, and adverbs -- Relative clauses -- Coordination -- Comparison -- Secondary predicates -- Information structure and extraclausal expressions -- Word order -- Discourse
Summary "Volume II of the Oxford Latin Syntax deals with the syntax and pragmatics of complex sentences in Latin and other topics that transcend the simple clause (which is the content of Volume I). The volume starts with a chapter on subordination in general, followed by chapters on subordinate clauses that function as argument or as satellite in their sentence. Separate chapters are devoted to subordinate clauses governed by nouns and adjectives and to relative clauses. In addition there are chapters on coordination, comparison, secondary predicates, information structure of clauses and sentences including the use of emphatic particles, word order, and various discourse phenomena such as sentence connection. As in Volume I, the description of the Latin material is based upon texts from roughly 200 BC to AD 450. The Latin texts that are discussed are provided with an English translation. Supplements contain further examples to illustrate the main text. The grammatical framework used is mainly that of Functional Grammar but the description is accessible for readers without a modern linguistic background"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on August 27, 2021)
Subject Latin language -- Syntax
Latin language -- Syntax.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191895968
0191895962
9780192608895
0192608894
Other Titles Complex sentence and discourse