Discussion of some changes taking place in Late Latin in the encoding of transitivity: the active/neutral realignment of grammatical relations and the concomitant reorganization of voice distinctions. It is argued that these changes probably reflect the rise of head-marking patterns in a predominantly dependent-marking language such as Latin.
Alignment changes and argument marking in Late Latin / Cennamo, Michela. - (2007). (Intervento presentato al convegno Variations, concurrence et evolution des cases dans divers domains linguistiques tenutosi a Institute Catholique de Paris/Université de Chicago nel Parigi, 2-4 aprile 2007).
Alignment changes and argument marking in Late Latin
CENNAMO, MICHELA
2007
Abstract
Discussion of some changes taking place in Late Latin in the encoding of transitivity: the active/neutral realignment of grammatical relations and the concomitant reorganization of voice distinctions. It is argued that these changes probably reflect the rise of head-marking patterns in a predominantly dependent-marking language such as Latin.File in questo prodotto:
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