Indefinites Between Latin and Romance

Indefinites Between Latin and Romance
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9780198812661
ISBN-13 : 0198812663
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Download or read book Indefinites Between Latin and Romance written by Chiara Gianollo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the syntactic and semantic development of a selection of indefinite pronouns and determiners between Latin and the Romance languages. It uses data from Classical and Late Latin texts and from electronic corpora of early Romance to propose a new account of the similarities in the grammar of indefinites across Romance.


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