Nominal Apposition in Indo-European: Its Forms and Functions, and its Evolution in Latin-RomanceNominal apposition—the combining of two equivalent nouns—has been a neglected topic in linguistics, despite its prominence in syntax and morphology in some languages. This book presents an extensive comparative and diachronic analysis of nominal apposition in Indo-European, examining its occurrence, characteristics and functions in early languages, identifying parallels with similar phenomena elsewhere, and tracing its evolution in Latin-Romance. |
Contents
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2 Nominal apposition and noun classification | 34 |
3 Earliest instances of nominal apposition in IndoEuropean | 62 |
4 Nominal apposition in early IndoEuropean Functions and forms | 90 |
5 Evolution of nominal apposition in LatinRomance | 174 |
6 Nominal apposition and word formation | 288 |
7 Conclusions The changing system of nominal apposition in IndoEuropean | 372 |
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Appendix | 397 |
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