Discontinuity of the noun phrase in Roman statutes from the Republican period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22021385 |
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| Authors | Olga Spevak (0009-0001-6939-6600, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 197-211 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2194-8739 • E-ISSN: 2194-8747 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/joll-2024-2001 |
| OpenAlex | W4406285121 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article discusses discontinuity of the noun phrase, i.e. the separation of adjectival, genitival, or other modifiers from their head noun in Latin legal texts from the Republican period. Despite the common view that discontinuity, often termed ‘hyperbaton’, is a stylistic device, the study shows that discontinuity is also found in legal texts. Discontinuity mainly occurs with relative and indefinite pronouns as well as with genitival modifiers, and it is pragmatically motivated. Additionally, noun and prepositional phrases are regularly split by the enclitic coordinators - que ‘and’ and -ve ‘or’ in legal texts
Aesthetics · Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Phrase · Political science · Statute · History · Law · Law, logistics, and international trade · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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