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Nominal Apposition in Indo-European: Its Forms and Functions, and its Evolution in Latin-Romance

By Brigitte L. M. Bauer

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2017
ISBN
9783110461756, 9783110460162, 9783110460209
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1820948 bytes)
Series
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; 303
Pages
430\430
Time added
2023-03-13 18:25:23

Description

Nominal apposition—the combining of two equivalent nouns—has been a neglected topic in linguistics, despite its prominence in syntax and morphology in some languages. This book presents an extensive comparative and diachronic analysis of nominal apposition in Indo-European, examining its occurrence, characteristics and functions in early languages, identifying parallels with similar phenomena elsewhere, and tracing its evolution in Latin-Romance. Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations, Languages Abbreviations, Linguistic Terms 1 Introduction Defining nominal apposition and motivating its study 2 Nominal apposition and noun classification 3 Earliest instances of nominal apposition in Indo-European 4 Nominal apposition in early Indo-European. Functions and forms 5 Evolution of nominal apposition in Latin-Romance 6 Nominal apposition and word formation 7 Conclusions. The changing system of nominal apposition in Indo-European References Appendix Subject Index

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