This book analyzes structures in (early) Indo-European languages that traditionally have been difficult to account for: impersonal verbs, mihi est constructions to express possession, mihi est constructions in combination with a nominal form of the verb, and absolute constructions.

It is argued that they are inherited from Proto-Indo-European and that they are residues of a stage at which the proto-language was non-nominative.

Their gradual replacement with modern transitive structures, as demonstrated in detail in the development of Latin and French, shows the increasing importance of transitivity in the development of Indo-European.

Brigitte Bauer is Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA (Department of French and Italian).

• ISBN: 3110167239
• ISBN-13: 9783110167238
• Author : Brigitte Bauer
• Language : English
• Format:  Hardcover - Search for other formats
• Publication Date: 26/7/2000
• Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton
• Price ($AUD): $216.30


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