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Author Fortson, Benjamin W.

Title Language and rhythm in Plautus : synchronic and diachronic studies / Benjamin W. Fortson IV
Published Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages)
Series Sozomena ; v. 3
Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 3.
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Symbols; Chapter One. Preliminaries; Chapter Two. Plautine Iambo-Trochaics; Chapter Three. The Linguistic Background of Luchs's Law; Chapter Four. Meyer's and Jacobsohn's Laws; Chapter Five. Enjambement; Chapter Six. The Aphaeresis of Est; Chapter Seven. Breuis Breuians I; Chapter Eight. Breuis Breuians II; Chapter Nine. Towards a Reconstruction of the Prosody of Plautine Latin Speech; Backmatter
Summary Annotation This book consists of linguistic case-studies of selected features of the language and meter of Plautus. These phenomena are investigated for the light they can shed on the prosodic organization of Latin speech and the intersection between prosodic phonology and syntax; some are also placed in a broader comparative-historical context. Topics discussed include Meyers and Luchss laws, split resolutions, contraction of est (is), enjambement, iambic shortening, and the pragmatic effects on the rhythmic organization of phrases
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index
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Subject Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Versification
Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Language
Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Plautus, Titus Maccius fast
Plautus, Titus Maccius. gnd
Plautus, Titus Maccius. swd
Subject Latin language -- Prosodic analysis
DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Language and languages
Latin language -- Prosodic analysis
Versification
Prosodie
Metrum
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110210026
3110210029
9786611993429
6611993428
1281993425
9781281993427