Nominal Apposition in Indo-European: Its Forms and Functions, and its Evolution in Latin-Romance (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Book 303)

Nominal apposition—the combining of two equivalent nouns—has been a neglected topic in linguistics, despite its prominence in syntax and morphology in some languages. This book presents an extensive comparative and diachronic analysis of nominal apposition in Indo-European, examining its occurrence, characteristics and functions in early languages, identifying parallels with similar phenomena elsewhere, and tracing its evolution in Latin-Romance. Table of Contents 7 Preface 13 Abbreviations, Languages 17 Abbreviations, Linguistic Terms 19 1 Introduction Defining nominal apposition and motivating its study 21 2 Nominal apposition and noun classification 54 3 Earliest instances of nominal apposition in Indo-European 82 4 Nominal apposition in early Indo-European. Functions and forms 110 5 Evolution of nominal apposition in Latin-Romance 194 6 Nominal apposition and word formation 308 7 Conclusions. The changing system of nominal apposition in Indo-European 392 References 402 Appendix 417 Subject Index 421 La 4e de couverture indique : "Nominal apposition - the combining of two equivalent nouns - has been a neglected topic in linguistics, despite its prominence in syntax and morphology in some languages. This book presents an extensive comparative and diachronic analysis of nominal apposition in Indo-European, examining its occurrence, characteristics and functions in early languages, identifying parallels with similar phenomena elsewhere, and tracing its evolution in Latin-Romance." "Nominal apposition - the combining of two equivalent nouns - has been a neglected topic in linguistics, despite its prominence in syntax and morphology in some languages. This book presents an extensive comparative and diachronic analysis of nominal apposition in Indo-European, examining its occurrence, characteristics and functions in early languages, identifying parallels with similar phenomena elsewhere, and tracing its evolution in Latin-Romance."--Page 4 of cover Brigitte L.m. Bauer. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 382-396) And Index.