Nominalization in Latin

by Olga Spevak

This book investigates the properties of Latin nouns that have a systematic correspondence with a clause structure - referred to as verbal nouns - on the basis of data from a range of text types, both narrative and technical. Olga Spevak explores the much-debated concepts of 'abstract nouns' in general and 'verbal derivatives' in particular, and shows that syntactic parameters are helpful in establishing a better classification for what have traditionally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019286601X
• ISBN13: 9780192866011
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"