Concerning the Latin gerund and gerundive, different issues about the origin, the ‘priority’ question, and the usages as infinitival and participial forms are repeatedly debated. This paper, whose perspective is both typological and diachronic, focuses on the peculiar relationships between the -nd- forms and the other non-finite verb forms. The conclusions propose an explanation of the gerund and gerundive in terms of parallel developments from earlier intransitive action nominals involving the inherited anticausative marker *-dh-.
Titolo: | Between typology and etymology: The -nd- forms in Latin |
Autore/i: | MAGNI, ELISABETTA |
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Anno: | 2011 |
Titolo del libro: | Indogermanistik und Linguistik im Dialog - Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft vom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg |
Pagina iniziale: | 342 |
Pagina finale: | 351 |
Abstract: | Concerning the Latin gerund and gerundive, different issues about the origin, the ‘priority’ question, and the usages as infinitival and participial forms are repeatedly debated. This paper, whose perspective is both typological and diachronic, focuses on the peculiar relationships between the -nd- forms and the other non-finite verb forms. The conclusions propose an explanation of the gerund and gerundive in terms of parallel developments from earlier intransitive action nominals involving the inherited anticausative marker *-dh-. |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 26-giu-2013 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno |
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