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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Lemmata Linguistica Latina |
| Subtitle of host publication | Clause and Discourse |
| Editors | Lidewij van Gils, Caroline Croon, Rodie Risselada |
| Place of Publication | Berlin/Munich/Boston |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 199-218 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110678222 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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Animacy in Latin: explaining some peripheral phenomena. / Zheltova , Elena .
Lemmata Linguistica Latina: Clause and Discourse. ed. / Lidewij van Gils; Caroline Croon; Rodie Risselada. Vol. 2 Berlin/Munich/Boston : De Gruyter, 2019. p. 199-218.Research output
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T1 - Animacy in Latin: explaining some peripheral phenomena
AU - Zheltova , Elena
N1 - Elena Zheltova (2019). Animacy in Latin: explaining some peripheral phenomena. In Lidewij van Gils, Caroline Kroon, Rodie Risselada (Eds.), Clause and Discourse (pp. 199–218). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110678222-011 Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110678222
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The aim of this chapter is to investigate the manifestations of animacy in the Latin language and, particularly, the phenomena which pertain to the periphery of this category. Since reliable criteria to establish whether a noun is animate or not are lacking in the traditional Latin grammars, this study aims, first, at offering a method of diagnosing animacy/inanimacy and, second, at explaining some peripheral phenomena. The method of diagnosing animacy/inanimacy is based on differences in syntactic behavior of animate/inanimate nouns in passive constructions. The author draws on comparative material from some other languages, with a particular focus on Russian, and comes to the conclusion that the conceptualization of entities as animate/inanimate can be influenced by the grammatical number, the degree of individuation and by other parameters pertaining to the anthropocentric nature of language.
AB - The aim of this chapter is to investigate the manifestations of animacy in the Latin language and, particularly, the phenomena which pertain to the periphery of this category. Since reliable criteria to establish whether a noun is animate or not are lacking in the traditional Latin grammars, this study aims, first, at offering a method of diagnosing animacy/inanimacy and, second, at explaining some peripheral phenomena. The method of diagnosing animacy/inanimacy is based on differences in syntactic behavior of animate/inanimate nouns in passive constructions. The author draws on comparative material from some other languages, with a particular focus on Russian, and comes to the conclusion that the conceptualization of entities as animate/inanimate can be influenced by the grammatical number, the degree of individuation and by other parameters pertaining to the anthropocentric nature of language.
U2 - 10.1515/9783110678222-011
DO - 10.1515/9783110678222-011
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 2
SP - 199
EP - 218
BT - Lemmata Linguistica Latina
A2 - van Gils, Lidewij
A2 - Croon, Caroline
A2 - Risselada, Rodie
PB - De Gruyter
CY - Berlin/Munich/Boston
ER -