Valeria Lomanto
Biographic Data
| ID | 6430060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valeria Lomanto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valeria |
| FAMILY NAME | Lomanto |
| SIGNATURE | LOMANTO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gellius and Fronto on Loanwords and Literary Models
This chapter considers the linguistic categories ‘Latin’, ‘Greek’, and ‘barbarian’, with particular reference to the debate in Gellius 19.13 over the status in Latin of the word, nanus (dwarf), thought barbarian by Fronto but proved Greek by Sulpicius Apollinaris. As such, it is admissible in Latin (where indeed it had been used by Helvius Cinna in relation to ponies); but even if not, use by Fronto would have conferred on it a higher standing th…
Varron et Priscien
After analysing the occurrences of the verbs adsignificare (loan translation of the Greek prossēmaínein) and consignificare (loan translation of sussēmaínein) in Varro’s and Priscien’s works, we will focus our attention on the structure of the systems of partes orationis formulated by these two authors. Different parameters are used: vericonditional (subject and predicate of a minimal assertive proposition), semantic (semantic / asemantic constit…
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Varron et Priscien
After analysing the occurrences of the verbs adsignificare (loan translation of the Greek prossēmaínein) and consignificare (loan translation of sussēmaínein) in Varro’s and Priscien’s works, we will focus our attention on the structure of the systems of partes orationis formulated by these two authors. Different parameters are used: vericonditional (subject and predicate of a minimal assertive proposition), semantic (semantic / asemantic constit…
Gellius and Fronto on Loanwords and Literary Models
This chapter considers the linguistic categories ‘Latin’, ‘Greek’, and ‘barbarian’, with particular reference to the debate in Gellius 19.13 over the status in Latin of the word, nanus (dwarf), thought barbarian by Fronto but proved Greek by Sulpicius Apollinaris. As such, it is admissible in Latin (where indeed it had been used by Helvius Cinna in relation to ponies); but even if not, use by Fronto would have conferred on it a higher standing th…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Barbarian (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work)