The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin
In this paper I consider the status of vocative phrases in Latin. In particular I seek to establish the degree to which they can be said to belong to the syntax of any sentence with which they occur. In strong contrast to the traditional view, I argue that vocative phrases, which typically fulfil th...
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2002
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