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In this paper, the Latin language is analyzed in the context of typology of object incorporation. The authors draw on the research of Mithun, who considers incorporation on the basis of two obligatory conditions: first, the noun must be embedded in the verb, and second, the language must have parallel syntactic paraphrases with non-incorporated noun. The second criterion is so important that the phenomenon of incorporation is acknowledged to exist even in those languages where there is no complete integration of the noun into the verb, but only a certain syntactic compactness, provided there are parallel constructions. The latter type has been coined “noun stripping” and has launched the division of incorporation into two types, viz. “strong” and “weak” incorporation. Another important point of divergence between the incorporating languages is the change of the argument structure of the source verb, namely, the preservation or loss of transitivity of the incorporated complex. Taking all these parameters into account, the authors propose a new typology of object incorporation, including languages that have not previously been considered in the context of this phenomenon. This typology is not based on a strict opposition of incorporating and non-incorporating languages, but represents a kind of continuum in which the place of a language depends on whether it demonstrates: 1) full incorporation or only a close syntactic Noun–Verb compactness; 2) the presence of parallel syntactic paraphrases; 3) the detransitivisation of the resulting compound verb. The authors examine each criterion in detail as applied to Latin and show the place of Latin in this typology.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74–86
Number of pages13
JournalPhilologia Classica
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
EventIII научные чтения памяти доцента Натальи Марковны Ботвинник (к 80-летию со дня рождения: Всероссийская конференция с международным участием - СПбГУ, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Duration: 17 Feb 2024 → …
Conference number: 3

    Research areas

  • Latin, argument structure, macro- and micro-typology of incorporation, object incorporation, transitivity

    Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities(all)

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