| On Latin Adverbs Contributor(s): Pinkster, Harm (Author) |
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ISBN: 9085551315 ISBN-13: 9789085551317 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $48.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | Latin |
| Dewey: 475 |
| Series: Amsterdam University Press - Amsterdam Archaeological Studie |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study deals with a number of aspects of the words which are usually called adverbs in Latin. It contains on the one hand a critical discussion of their treatment in Latin grammatical studies -- the characteristics attributed to them, their relationship to other words -- and on the other hand a discussion of the conditions that have to be met in order to achieve a better (sub)classification -- general problems of classification as well as criteria for affecting such classification -- and a better description of the functions of adverbs in larger constructions. The study contains, therefore, both language-specific sections and more general ones. The author wrote the passages specifically dealing with Latin in such a way that they are clear enough to the non-Latinist, the more general passages in such a way that they are understandable for Latinists who are not acquainted with recent developments in linguistics. |
