Relative clauses in Latin: some problems of description

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Authors
Publication date 2012
Host editors
  • P. da Cunha Corrêa
  • M. Martinho
  • J.M. Macedo
  • A. Pineiro Hasegawa
Book title Hyperboreans: essays in Greek and Latin poetry, philosophy, rhetoric and linguistics
ISBN
  • 9788577321995
Pages (from-to) 377-393
Number of pages 17
Publisher São Paulo: Humanitas/CAPES
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract Latin grammars usually describe relative clauses as attributes of a head constituent. Independently used relative clauses are regarded as derived from the first type. Latin has in fact two types of relative clauses which should not be regarded as derived from each other.
Document type Chapter
Language English
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