Language and Rhythm in Plautus: Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

Author:   Benjamin Fortson, IV
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Volume:   3
ISBN:  

9783110205930


Pages:   313
Publication Date:   12 December 2008
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Format:   Hardback
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Language and Rhythm in Plautus: Synchronic and Diachronic Studies


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The plays of Plautus have long been recognized as a unique mine of information about the spoken Latin of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. But detailed and up-to-date linguistic treatments of the Plautine meters and other phenomena in his plays have hitherto been lacking. This book seeks to remedy that gap by presenting a series of case-studies to glean information about the synchronic grammar of Plautine Latin, in particular the rhythmic organization of Latin speech and the effects of syntactic processes on Latin prosodic phonology. Some of the topics, such as enjambement and the aphaeresis of “est”, have never before received such treatment, while others, such as Meyer’s and Luchs’s laws, split resolutions, and iambic shortening, are provided a firmer linguistic footing, and fuller discussion of allied issues, than hitherto. Topics in Italic syntax (such as the syntactic structure of adpositional phrases and their history) and in Indo-European morphophonology (such as the prosodic status of finite verbs) are dealt with as well, as is an investigation into the effects of pragmatics on the rhythmic organization of phrases. The book will be of interest to classicists, comparative philologists, and general linguists.

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Author:   Benjamin Fortson, IV
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9783110205930


ISBN 10:   3110205939
Pages:   313
Publication Date:   12 December 2008
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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""Das Buch ist mit viel Elan und mit grosser Begeisterung geschrieben und trotz der Schwierigkeit der Materie fur den hier eingearbeiteten Leser gut verstandlich. Besonders hervorgehoben sei noch die Vielseitigkeit des Autors, der neben einer Fulle von plautinischen Belegen auch Vergleichsmaterial aus anderen Autoren und den verschiedensten Sprachen heranzieht.""Walter Stockert in: Gnomon 2/2010


Das Buch ist mit viel Elan und mit grosser Begeisterung geschrieben und trotz der Schwierigkeit der Materie fur den hier eingearbeiteten Leser gut verstandlich. Besonders hervorgehoben sei noch die Vielseitigkeit des Autors, der neben einer Fulle von plautinischen Belegen auch Vergleichsmaterial aus anderen Autoren und den verschiedensten Sprachen heranzieht. Walter Stockert in: Gnomon 2/201


Das Buch ist mit viel Elan und mit gro er Begeisterung geschrieben und trotz der Schwierigkeit der Materie f r den hier eingearbeiteten Leser gut verst ndlich. Besonders hervorgehoben sei noch die Vielseitigkeit des Autors, der neben einer F lle von plautinischen Belegen auch Vergleichsmaterial aus anderen Autoren und den verschiedensten Sprachen heranzieht. Walter Stockert in: Gnomon 2/2010


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Benjamin W. Fortson IV, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

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