Nominal Apposition in Indo-European : : Its Forms and Functions, and its Evolution in Latin-Romance / / Brigitte L. M. Bauer.

Nominal apposition-the combining of two equivalent nouns-has been a neglected topic in linguistics, despite its prominence in syntax and morphology in some languages. This book presents an extensive comparative and diachronic analysis of nominal apposition in Indo-European, examining its occurrence,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 303
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XX, 410 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations, Languages
  • Abbreviations, Linguistic Terms
  • 1 Introduction Defining nominal apposition and motivating its study
  • 2 Nominal apposition and noun classification
  • 3 Earliest instances of nominal apposition in Indo-European
  • 4 Nominal apposition in early Indo-European. Functions and forms
  • 5 Evolution of nominal apposition in Latin-Romance
  • 6 Nominal apposition and word formation
  • 7 Conclusions. The changing system of nominal apposition in Indo-European
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Subject Index