The loss of Latin OV: steps towards an analysis

Danckaert, Lieven

Document type :

Partie d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1515/9781501504037-015

Title :

The loss of Latin OV: steps towards an analysis

Author(s) :

Danckaert, Lieven [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Scientific editor(s) :

Aboh, Enoch
Haeberli, Eric
Puskás, Genoveva
Schönenberger, Manuela

Book title :

Elements of comparative syntax: theory and description

Publisher :

De Gruyter Mouton

Publication place :

Berlin

Publication date :

2017-09

ISBN :

978-1-5015-0403-7

English keyword(s) :

Syntax
Word order change
Latin
Language change
Object placement
OV/VO
Subject placement

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes classiques
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique

English abstract : [en]

This paper investigates the loss of the word order ‘Object-Verb’ (OV) in the history of Latin/Romance. It is argued that the immediate cause of this development is an independent change in the grammar of Latin, namely the ...
Show more >This paper investigates the loss of the word order ‘Object-Verb’ (OV) in the history of Latin/Romance. It is argued that the immediate cause of this development is an independent change in the grammar of Latin, namely the genesis of A-movement for subjects (which was discussed in detail in Danckaert (2017), ‘The Development of Latin Clause Structure’, OUP). Using Yang’s (2000, 2002) variational acquisition model, I present corpus data which show that despite remaining the minority pattern throughout the lifespan of the Latin language (ca. 200 BC - 600 AD), in Late Latin the order ‘VO’ is in fact cued more robustly than the competing order ‘OV’, an observation which leads to the correct prediction that in the long run the former will oust the latter.Show less >

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Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

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