The Category of Comparison in Latin /
Pultrová, Lucie,
The Category of Comparison in Latin / Lucie Pultrová. - 1 online resource. - The Language of Classical Literature ; 36 . - The Language of Classical Literature ; 36. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Which Latin adjectives and adverbs allow for comparative and superlative forms, and which ones do not? Based on extensive data collection, this book aims to provide today’s readers of Latin with some objective criteria for determining the answer to this question. This book focuses on one of the basic – yet still rather neglected in Latin linguistics– grammatical categories: comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Which Latin adjectives and adverbs allow for comparative and superlative forms, and which ones do not? This question may seem trivial to those working with modern languages but is not at all trivial in the case of a dead language such as Latin that has no native speakers and a limited corpus of written texts. Based on extensive data collection, the book aims to provide today’s readers of Latin with some objective criteria for determining the answer.
9789004523470 9789004523463
10.1163/9789004523470 DOI
Classical Studies.
Greek & Latin Linguistics.
Historical and Comparative Linguistics & Linguistic Typology.
Languages and Linguistics.
PA27
880.09
The Category of Comparison in Latin / Lucie Pultrová. - 1 online resource. - The Language of Classical Literature ; 36 . - The Language of Classical Literature ; 36. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Which Latin adjectives and adverbs allow for comparative and superlative forms, and which ones do not? Based on extensive data collection, this book aims to provide today’s readers of Latin with some objective criteria for determining the answer to this question. This book focuses on one of the basic – yet still rather neglected in Latin linguistics– grammatical categories: comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Which Latin adjectives and adverbs allow for comparative and superlative forms, and which ones do not? This question may seem trivial to those working with modern languages but is not at all trivial in the case of a dead language such as Latin that has no native speakers and a limited corpus of written texts. Based on extensive data collection, the book aims to provide today’s readers of Latin with some objective criteria for determining the answer.
9789004523470 9789004523463
10.1163/9789004523470 DOI
Classical Studies.
Greek & Latin Linguistics.
Historical and Comparative Linguistics & Linguistic Typology.
Languages and Linguistics.
PA27
880.09