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Semantics for Latin A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, Stanford University)

Semantics for Latin By A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, Stanford University)

Summary

Semantics for Latin is the first work to apply the discipline of Formal Semantics to the study of Latin grammatical meaning.

Semantics for Latin Summary

Semantics for Latin: An Introduction by A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, Stanford University)

The advent of the new discipline of Formal Semantics around forty years ago has resulted in a vast expansion in our knowledge and theoretical understanding of grammatical meaning. Semantics for Latin collects together this new material, applies it to Latin, and makes the results accessible to a Classical audience. The issues confronted by Formal Semantics are mostly those that comprise the core subject matter of Latin grammar. Formal Semantics, however, is not just a new way of doing an old subject: the richness and explanatory depth of its analyses, together with their striking elegance and precision, go far beyond anything that was achieved by the rather vague notional semantics used in our classroom textbooks and in the standard German reference grammars. Thus, apart from its intrinsic interest, the material in this book will be of real practical value to students and teachers of Latin and, more generally, to scholars engaged in any discussion of Latin textual meaning.

Semantics for Latin Reviews

This is an exciting book - ambitious, penetrating, and a watershed in the description of Latin. * D. M. Goldstein, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

About A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, Stanford University)

A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Stanford University) and Laurence D. Stephens (Adjunct Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) have collaborated on research in Latin and Greek linguistics for many years. They have written numerous articles and books on topics ranging from metrics and prosody to syntax and semantics.

Table of Contents

Contents ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1. Tense ; 2. Aspect ; 3. Argument Structure ; 4. Location ; 5. Quantification ; 6. Plurality ; 7. Modification ; 8. Negation ; 9. Modality ; Symbols ; Bibliography ; Index

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NPB9780199969524
9780199969524
0199969523
Semantics for Latin: An Introduction by A. M. Devine (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, Stanford University)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
2013-03-07
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