Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin
Latin is often cited as a typical example of a free word order language. Free word order inevitably complicates the compositional semantics for any theory in which functions are lexically defined to take their arguments in a fixed order. A number of sophisticated logical mechanisms have been suggest...
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doaj-b8077bf4ceea4d66a4ea3fd11a796fe32021-05-04T16:16:49ZcatUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCatalan Journal of Linguistics1695-68852014-97192017-12-011607910010.5565/rev/catjl.210169Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for LatinAndrew M. Devine0Laurence D. Stephens1Stanford UniversityUniversity of North CarolinaLatin is often cited as a typical example of a free word order language. Free word order inevitably complicates the compositional semantics for any theory in which functions are lexically defined to take their arguments in a fixed order. A number of sophisticated logical mechanisms have been suggested over the years to resolve this problem, but none of them is actually compatible with the Latin data. We adjust the syntax to fit the philological evidence and use the resulting structure as the basis for a simple semantics which allows arguments to be entered into the semantic composition in the order in which they are presented by the syntax.https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/210latin semanticslatin syntaxlatin pragmaticsword order |
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Andrew M. Devine Laurence D. Stephens Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin Catalan Journal of Linguistics latin semantics latin syntax latin pragmatics word order |
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Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin |
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Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin |
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Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin |
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Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin |
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Towards a Syntax-Semantics Interface for Latin |
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towards a syntax-semantics interface for latin |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
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Catalan Journal of Linguistics |
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1695-6885 2014-9719 |
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2017-12-01 |
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Latin is often cited as a typical example of a free word order language. Free word order inevitably complicates the compositional semantics for any theory in which functions are lexically defined to take their arguments in a fixed order. A number of sophisticated logical mechanisms have been suggested over the years to resolve this problem, but none of them is actually compatible with the Latin data. We adjust the syntax to fit the philological evidence and use the resulting structure as the basis for a simple semantics which allows arguments to be entered into the semantic composition in the order in which they are presented by the syntax. |
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latin semantics latin syntax latin pragmatics word order |
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