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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| description | 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 the function of expressing address, are not only pragmatically integrated into sentences which they accompany but are also syntactically integrated in them. I conclude with some discussion of the structural level at which this integration may be said to take place. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e666d76a-de0e-454e-83ba-77e06e64c4922022-03-27T10:30:46ZThe vocative's calling? The syntax of address in LatinJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e666d76a-de0e-454e-83ba-77e06e64c492LinguisticsItalic languages, i.e., LatinComparative Philology and General Linguistics and PhoneticsOxford University Research Archive - Valet2002In 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 the function of expressing address, are not only pragmatically integrated into sentences which they accompany but are also syntactically integrated in them. I conclude with some discussion of the structural level at which this integration may be said to take place. |
| spellingShingle | Linguistics Italic languages, i.e., Latin Comparative Philology and General Linguistics and Phonetics The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin |
| title | The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin |
| title_full | The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin |
| title_fullStr | The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin |
| title_full_unstemmed | The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin |
| title_short | The vocative's calling? The syntax of address in Latin |
| title_sort | vocative s calling the syntax of address in latin |
| topic | Linguistics Italic languages, i.e., Latin Comparative Philology and General Linguistics and Phonetics |