A Categorial Approach to Latin Syntax

This work investigates the effects of the application of a categorial grammar to Latin syntax. Due to the wide variety of constructions admitted in Latin, the analysis will focus on those properties of lexical items which more directly and intuitively offer the opportunity of evaluating the salient aspects and the effectiveness of the categorial strategy. Subcategorization properties of lexical items and certain word order patterns are considered in this perspective, and a picture of the case system is suggested, representing the traditional cases in terms of the categorial notation implemented by an appropriate system of syntactic features.

Categorial grammar · Combinatory categorial grammar · Emergent grammar · Focus (optics) · Generative grammar · Linguistics · Mildly context-sensitive grammar formalism · Natural language processing · Notation · Perspective (graphical) · Salient · Subcategorization · Syntax · Variety (cybernetics) · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation