Latin free-choice pronouns in relation to one another (and to other indefinites)
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Alessandra Bertocchi
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Mirka Maraldi
Abstract
This paper reconsiders some of the arguments on free-choice indefinite pronouns in Latin dealt with in Maraldi (2000, Maraldi 2002) and Bertocchi et al. (2010) and tries to deepen the analysis of some of the points introduced there. Since Latin has four different forms all expressing a free-choice meaning, we try to determine in which features they are equivalent and in which they are distinct. We also take into consideration the relation existing between free-choice pronouns, on the one hand, and other indefinite pronouns, on the other, which come to occur in contexts usually reserved to free-choice pronouns.
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- Frontmatter
- Latin free-choice pronouns in relation to one another (and to other indefinites)
- The argument/satellite distinction and absolute verbal use in Latin stative verbs
- Two letters by Brutus and Cassius to Mark Antony: different people, different times, different styles
- Some observations on ille and ipse in the Mulomedicina Chironis
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