This study, first published in 1994, considers the placement of the copula esse in Classical Latin and the possible relationship of its placement to Wackernagel's Law.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Some types of enclitics in Latin
Chapter 2: The copula esse; some previous discussions
Chapter 3: Non + esse
Chapter 4: Patterns and some statistics
Chapter 5: Split predicates and subjects
1 Member of antithesis and other rhetorical terms as host
2 Adjectives of quantity and size as host
3 Superlative adjectives as host
4 Intensifiers as host
5 Demonstratives as host
6 Appendix: ‘clitic climbing’
7 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Esse as an auxiliary
1 Auxiliary attached to a member of an antithesis
2 Auxiliary attached to adjectives of quantity and size
3 Auxiliary attached to a superlative adjective
4 Auxiliary attached to a demonstrative
5 Auxiliary attached to an anticipatory word
6 Auxiliary attached to a temporal adverb
7 Auxiliary attached to a negative
8 The pattern factus & est
Chapter 7: The relative pronoun qui + auxiliary/copula
1 Auxiliary attached to the relative pronoun (and other subordinators)
2 Relative + copula
3 Some further statistics relating to the auxiliary and its attachment to qui
4 Some further observations on the pattern est & factus in relative clauses
Chapter 8: The orders predicate est subject, predicate subject est
Chapter 9: The order subject est predicate
1 The influence of the subject
2 ‘Thematic ’ statements
3 The Latin equivalent of the cleft construction (Fr.) c’est lui qui Va fait
4 Cato Agr. 109 and its interpretation
Chapter 10: A pattern showing esse in initial position
1 The ‘veridical’ and ‘assertive’ uses
2 A particular type of emphatic predicate
3 Focus on the tense/aspect of the copula
4 Concessive use (concession made by speaker, writer, or agreement expressed)
5 Concessive use (concession expected from reader, hearer)
Chapter 11: The order (subject) predicate est
Chapter 12: Conclusion
1 Some main contentions
2 The enclitic characteristics of esse
3 Esse and Wackernagel’s law
4 The focusing role of some other verbs
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This study, first published in 1994, considers the placement of the copula esse in Classical Latin and the possible relationship of its placement to Wackernagel's Law.
Table of contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Some types of enclitics in Latin
Chapter 2: The copula esse; some previous discussions
Chapter 3: Non + esse
Chapter 4: Patterns and some statistics
Chapter 5: Split predicates and subjects
1 Member of antithesis and other rhetorical terms as host
2 Adjectives of quantity and size as host
3 Superlative adjectives as host
4 Intensifiers as host
5 Demonstratives as host
6 Appendix: ‘clitic climbing’
7 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Esse as an auxiliary
1 Auxiliary attached to a member of an antithesis
2 Auxiliary attached to adjectives of quantity and size
3 Auxiliary attached to a superlative adjective
4 Auxiliary attached to a demonstrative
5 Auxiliary attached to an anticipatory word
6 Auxiliary attached to a temporal adverb
7 Auxiliary attached to a negative
8 The pattern factus & est
Chapter 7: The relative pronoun qui + auxiliary/copula
1 Auxiliary attached to the relative pronoun (and other subordinators)
2 Relative + copula
3 Some further statistics relating to the auxiliary and its attachment to qui
4 Some further observations on the pattern est & factus in relative clauses
Chapter 8: The orders predicate est subject, predicate subject est
Chapter 9: The order subject est predicate
1 The influence of the subject
2 ‘Thematic ’ statements
3 The Latin equivalent of the cleft construction (Fr.) c’est lui qui Va fait
4 Cato Agr. 109 and its interpretation
Chapter 10: A pattern showing esse in initial position
1 The ‘veridical’ and ‘assertive’ uses
2 A particular type of emphatic predicate
3 Focus on the tense/aspect of the copula
4 Concessive use (concession made by speaker, writer, or agreement expressed)
5 Concessive use (concession expected from reader, hearer)