32.2562, Books: The Oxford Latin Syntax: Pinkster

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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:22:04
From: Tyler Simnick [Tyler.Simnick at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Latin Syntax: Pinkster

 


Title: The Oxford Latin Syntax 
Subtitle: Volume II: The Complex Sentence and Discourse 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-latin-syntax-9780199230563?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Harm Pinkster

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199230563 Pages: 2656 Price: U.S. $ 190


Abstract:

In this two-volume work, the first full-scale treatment of its kind in
English, Harm Pinkster applies contemporary linguistic theories and the
findings of traditional grammar to the study of Latin syntax. He takes a
non-technical and principally descriptive approach, based on literary and
non-literary texts dating from c.250 BC to c.450 AD. The volumes contain a
wealth of examples to illustrate the grammatical phenomena under discussion,
many of them from the works of Plautus and Cicero, alongside extensive
references to other sources of examples such as the Oxford Latin Dictionary
and the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.

While the first volume explored the simple clause, this second volume focuses
on the complex sentence and discourse. The first three chapters examine
different types of subordinate clause; the following four then explore
relative clauses, coordination, comparison, and secondary predicates. Later
chapters investigate information structure and extraclausal expressions, word
order, and discourse and related features. The Oxford Latin Syntax will be a
valuable and up-to-date resource both for professional Latinists and all
linguists with an interest in Classics.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): Latin (lat)


Written In: English  (eng)

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