Labile verbs in Late Latin

Bibliographic Data

ID3989285
AuthorsChiara Gianollo (0000-0001-6380-6368, University of Cologne, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume52
Issue4
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling-2014-0013
OpenAlexW2040492822
LanguageEN
Citations received11

The paper discusses the phenomenon of Late Latin intransitivizations, where a morphologically active form of a transitive verb is used with a middle-passive function. Intransitivizations are present throughout the history of the -language, but their number increases significantly in the 3rd-4th century CE. They are instances of patient-preserving lability and represent one of the possible means to express the anticausative alternation. The analysis casts intransitivizations into the broader context of voice fluctuations in Late Latin, by comparing them with competing constructions and by examining the possible causes for their increase in frequency during the Late Latin stage

Alternation (linguistics) · Archaeology · Biology · Combinatorics · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Grammaticalization · Lability · Latin Americans · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Transitive relation · Verb · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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