On Principles and Methods in Latin Syntax |
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ablative ablative absolute acquired adjective adverb analysis apodosis association case-construction case-form concept-group conjunctions connection context coördination dative defined definition Delbrück desire direct distinct Draeger especially expression of relation faciam fact felt follow formal functional classification genitive germ grammar group of concepts grouping of words hearer hypotaxis illustrations independent sentences indicative inflected form influence interrogative Junggrammatische kind language Latin syntax less licet linguistics locative logical modal mode modo musical elements nature negative nouns origin paratactic parataxis partial pause philology phrase Plautus potential precise prefixed prepositions problem pronoun protasis psychological purpose quam quamuis question quid quin quis quod quom regard relative clauses relative pronoun result semasiology sentence-structure shift of meaning single words singular speaker speech subjunctive subjunctive form subordinate clauses subordinating conjunctions subordinating force suggested syntactical method syntacticists temporal tence tense thought tion tive tone unity uolo utterance vague verb whole word-group word-meaning
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Page 53 - Grundriss, or in Lindsay's Latin Language, where large masses of facts which defy classification are brought together, furnishes convincing evidence that irregularity and absence of system are not merely occasional, but are the fundamental characteristics of Latin form-building." When Latin became a literary language in the third century BC, its case system was already withering away. The old instrumental, if it ever had a use, had merged with the ablative, when the latter was coalescing with the...
Page 102 - ... but it is correct to say that the relation can become associated with a single word only when it is felt with a considerable degree of clearness. The relation between concepts must itself become a concept. To this extent the movement toward the expression of relation by single words is a movement toward precision. . . . The adverb-preposition is the expression in more distinct form of some element of meaning which was latent in the case-form. It serves therefore as a definition of the meaning...
Page iii - University, a series of volumes has been prepared by a number of the Professors and Instructors, to be issued in connection with the Bicentennial Anniversary, as a partial indication of the character of the studies in which the University teachers are engaged.
Page 116 - ... Soldaten, sie sollten weggehen; 3. er sagte den Soldaten, dass sie weggehen sollten. Es ist eine durch die Natur der Sache gegebene und durch die Resultate der Sprachforschung bestätigte Thatsache, dass aus dem einfachen Satze durch Anfügung eben eines solchen sich zunächst die Beiordnung ergab, und dass erst mit der fortschreitenden Entwicklung der Sprache sich aus der Beiordnung die Unterordnung herausbildete, indem die eine der Handlungen als die bedeutendere (Hauptsatz), die andere als...
Page 104 - ... with a single word only when it is felt with a considerable degree of clearness. The relation between concepts must itself become a concept. To this extent the movement toward the expression of relation by single words is a movement toward precision. . . . The adverb-preposition is the expression in more distinct form of some element of meaning which was latent in the case-form. It serves therefore as a definition of the meaning of the case-form.2 1 American English Grammar, New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts...
Page 229 - Mercurius, lovi' qui nuntius perhibetur, numquam aeque patri | suo nuntium lepidum attulit quam ego nunc meae erae nuntiabo (Stich.
Page 116 - Reihen veranschaulichen: 1. Die Sonne scheint. — Wir wollen spazieren gehen. 2. Die Sonne scheint; wir wollen spazieren gehen. 3. Die Sonne scheint, deshalb wollen wir spazieren gehen.
Page 163 - Hegio, hie homo rabiosus habitus est in Alide, Ne tu, quod istic fabuletur, auris inmittas tuas; Nam istic hastis insectatus est domi matrem et patrem.
Page 3 - India during practically the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth is...
Page 142 - Ein rein parataktisches verhältniss zwischen zwei sätzen in dem sinne, dass keiner den andern bestimmt, gibt es also nicht; es ist kein anderer begriff von parataxe möglich als der, dass nicht einseitig ein satz den andern, sondern beide sich gegenseitig bestimmen.