Left-Dislocation in Latin: Topics and Syntax in Republican Texts

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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. Left-Dislocation in Latin: Topics and Syntax in Republican Texts ‎Contents ‎Preface 1 Introduction ‎1.1. What Is Left-Dislocation? The Aims and Coverage of This Study ‎1.2. Genre, Text Type and Register ‎1.3. Left-Dislocation and Relative Clauses ‎1.4. The Republican Latin Corpus ‎1.5. Left-Dislocation and Early Latin Syntax 2 Defining Left-Dislocation ‎2.1. Syntactic and Pragmatic Aspects of Left-Dislocation in Latin ‎2.1.1. The Dislocated Constituent and the Anaphoric Element ‎2.1.2. Information Structure and Discourse Function of LD ‎2.2. Left-Dislocation and the Latin Relative Clause ‎2.2.1. The History of Latin Relative Clauses ‎2.2.2. Types of Latin Relative Clauses ‎2.2.2.1. Nominal Heads (Types A1–2 and B1–2) ‎2.2.2.2. Pronominal Antecedents (Types C1–2) ‎2.2.3. Notes on Word Order ‎2.2.4. Attractio Inuersa ‎2.3. Earlier Studies on Left-Dislocation in Latin ‎2.4. Concluding Remarks 3 Left-Dislocation in Comedy (with an Appendix on Lucretius) ‎3.1. Introduction ‎3.2. Syntactic Description of Left-Dislocation in Comedy ‎3.2.1. Distribution of Cases in LD with Relative Clauses ‎3.2.1.1. Thematic Nominatives ‎3.2.1.2. Anticipation of Main Clause Case ‎3.2.1.3. Attraction of Antecedent (Attractio Inuersa) ‎3.2.2. Relative Clause Syntax ‎3.2.2.1. Types of Antecedents and Elements Preceding Them ‎3.2.2.2. Head-Internal Relative Clauses ‎3.2.2.3. Restrictive and Non-restrictive Relative Clauses ‎3.2.3. Left-Dislocation without a Relative Clause ‎3.2.4. Further Observations on Syntax ‎3.2.4.1. Form of Resumption ‎3.2.4.2. Syntactic Functions and Matrix Clauses ‎3.2.5. Conclusion ‎3.3. Information Structure and Pragmatic Functions of Left-Dislocation in Comedy ‎3.3.1. Active or Accessible Elements Promoted to Discourse Topics ‎3.3.2. Re-activating an Accessible Referent or Introducing a Brand New Referent as Topic ‎3.3.3. Complex Referential Situations ‎3.3.4. Generic Statements ‎3.3.5. Contrastive Contexts ‎3.3.6. Left-Dislocation as a Focusing Device ‎3.4. Discussion and Conclusion ‎3.4.1. Pragmatics and the Function of LD in Comedy ‎3.4.2. Attractions ‎3.4.3. Distribution ‎3.4.4. Is Left-Dislocation in Roman Comedy a Colloquial Feature? ‎3.5. Information Structure and Pragmatic Organization of Head-Internal Relative Clauses (A1 and A2) ‎3.6. Comparison of LD with Sentence-Initial Relative Clauses without Resumption in the Matrix Clause (B2 and C2) ‎3.7. Appendix on LD in Lucretius 4 Left-Dislocation in the Epigraphic Material ‎4.1. Introduction ‎4.2. Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus, Sententia Minuciorum, Lex de pariete faciendo ‎4.2.1. ILLRP 511 (CIL I2 581) Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus ‎4.2.2. ILLRP 517 (CIL I2 584 = V ii 7749) Sententia Minuciorum ‎4.2.3. ILLRP 518 (CIL I2 698 = X 1781) Lex parieti faciendo Puteolana ‎4.3. The Roman Statutes ‎4.3.1. Lex repetundarum (Law 1) and Lex agraria (Law 2) ‎4.3.2. Other Statutes (Law 14, Law 15, Law 24, Law 25) ‎4.4. Discussion on the Statutes and Other Legal Inscriptions ‎4.5. Relevant Constructions from Other (Private) Inscriptions ‎4.6. Discussion and Conclusions 5 Left-Dislocation in Republican Prose ‎5.1. Introduction ‎5.2. M. Porcius Cato: De agricultura ‎5.2.1. Constructions without Relative Clauses ‎5.2.2. Constructions with Relative Clauses ‎5.2.3. Lists and Resumption with haec omnia ‎5.2.4. Discussion ‎5.3. Roman Historians and Orators ‎5.3.1. M. Porcius Cato ‎5.3.2. Other Fragmentary Historians and Orators ‎5.3.3. Sallust and Bellum Africum ‎5.3.4. Discussion ‎5.4. M. Terentius Varro ‎5.4.1. Constructions with Relative Clauses ‎5.4.2. Related Constructions ‎5.4.3. Discussion ‎5.5. Conclusion 6 Conclusion ‎Bibliography ‎Subject Index ‎Index Locorum ‎1 Inscriptions ‎2 Literary Texts