Explore the use of the Latin preposition cum as a connector across Romance languages and its historical development.
In this doctoral study, the author compiles and analyzes a wide range of linguistic material to illuminate how cum functions in Italian and other Romance varieties. The work situates its discussion within a broad bibliographic framework and foregrounds the syntactic and semantic peculiarities of this pleonastic preposition, offering a careful, evidence‑based perspective on its historical usage and evolution.
Readers will encounter a detailed review of sources, careful classifications by language, and a critical discussion of scholarly debates. The book also surveys examples from classical and early modern texts, tracing how con‑, cum‑, and related forms interact with pronouns and other elements in complex constructions. It presents methodological reflections on philology, text handling, and the interpretation of ancient manuscripts.
Ideal for readers of Romance linguistics, historical grammar, and philology, especially those researching prepositional use in Italian and related languages.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book explores the evolution of the Latin preposition cum, first in Latin and then as a preposition in the major Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, and Provençal). The author examines cum's use as a prefix, an adverb, and as a preposition. The author argues that cum's primary and original usage in Latin was a sense of relation, and then gradually developed into a comitative sense. The author's purpose is not just a historical and grammatical study but also an analysis of the semantic development of the particle cum considered as a preposition in the different languages studied. This book will be of interest to scholars of Latin and Romance linguistics. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780243342570_0
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