Experiential Constructions in Latin

by Chiara Fedriani

This volume is about the morphosyntactic encoding of feelings and emotions in Latin. It offers a corpus-based investigation of the Latin data, benefiting from insights of the functional and typological approach to language. Chiara Fedriani describes a patterned variation in Latin Experiential constructions, also revisiting the so-called impersonal constructions, and shows how and why such a variation is at the root of diachronic change. The data discussed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004257829
• ISBN13: 9789004257825
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"