Non-nominative subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : applying the subject tests on early Indo-European languages
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- Jóhanna Barðdal (UGent) , Eleonora Cattafi (UGent) , Serena Danesi, Laura Bruno (UGent) and Leonardo Biondo
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- This article responds to a call for research, made by Hock (1990) more than 30 years ago, on the subject behavior of potential non-nominative subjects in the early Indo-European languages. Hock’s call was made in the wake of research into behavioral properties of non-nominative subjects in several modern languages. Since then, comprehensive studies have been carried out on the subject behavior of non-nominative subjects in the early Germanic languages, including Gothic, Old English, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse-Icelandic, etc. Some preliminary work has been undertaken on Latin, while work on Ancient Greek is almost non-existent. We gather the Latin data provided so far, adding complementary evidence; we also present a complete dataset from Ancient Greek, not figuring in the earlier literature. These data, pertaining to six established subject tests, show that potential non-nominative subjects behave syntactically as nominative subjects in both Latin and Ancient Greek, while an analysis in terms of object is excluded.
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- Grammatical Relations, Case Marking, Non-Nominative Subjects, Subject Behavior, Subject Tests, Latin, Ancient Greek
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- Barðdal, Jóhanna, et al. “Non-Nominative Subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : Applying the Subject Tests on Early Indo-European Languages.” INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN, vol. 128, no. 1, 2023, pp. 321–82, doi:10.1515/if-2023-0013.
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- Barðdal, J., Cattafi, E., Danesi, S., Bruno, L., & Biondo, L. (2023). Non-nominative subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : applying the subject tests on early Indo-European languages. INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN, 128(1), 321–382. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2023-0013
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- Barðdal, Jóhanna, Eleonora Cattafi, Serena Danesi, Laura Bruno, and Leonardo Biondo. 2023. “Non-Nominative Subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : Applying the Subject Tests on Early Indo-European Languages.” INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN 128 (1): 321–82. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2023-0013.
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- Barðdal, Jóhanna, Eleonora Cattafi, Serena Danesi, Laura Bruno, and Leonardo Biondo. 2023. “Non-Nominative Subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : Applying the Subject Tests on Early Indo-European Languages.” INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN 128 (1): 321–382. doi:10.1515/if-2023-0013.
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- 1.Barðdal J, Cattafi E, Danesi S, Bruno L, Biondo L. Non-nominative subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : applying the subject tests on early Indo-European languages. INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN. 2023;128(1):321–82.
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- [1]J. Barðdal, E. Cattafi, S. Danesi, L. Bruno, and L. Biondo, “Non-nominative subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : applying the subject tests on early Indo-European languages,” INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN, vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 321–382, 2023.
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author = {{Barðdal, Jóhanna and Cattafi, Eleonora and Danesi, Serena and Bruno, Laura and Biondo, Leonardo}},
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journal = {{INDOGERMANISCHE FORSCHUNGEN}},
keywords = {{Grammatical Relations,Case Marking,Non-Nominative Subjects,Subject Behavior,Subject Tests,Latin,Ancient Greek}},
language = {{eng}},
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title = {{Non-nominative subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek : applying the subject tests on early Indo-European languages}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1515/if-2023-0013}},
volume = {{128}},
year = {{2023}},
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