Terence and the verb ‘to be’ in Latin: contractions, sigmatic ecthlipsis, and some clitic characteristics of esse

<p>The main topic of the thesis is a discussion of the contraction of <em>esse</em> (-st &lt; est , -'s &lt; -es), a widespread phenomenon in Latin comedy, generally known as ‘prodelision’.</p><p>The thesis collects evidence for contracted forms from a larg...

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Auteur principal: Pezzini, G
Autres auteurs: Adams, J
Format: Thèse
Langue:English
Publié: 2011
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