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T1  - Left-Dislocation in Latin : Topics and Syntax in Republican Texts 
SN  - 978-90-04-35746-4 /  
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/312257 
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A1  - Halla-aho, Hilla 
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PB  - Brill 
Y1  - 2018 
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AB  - In the construction known as left-dislocation, an element appears in a fronted position, before the clause to which it belongs, usually introducing the topic of the sentence. Based on a detailed analysis of syntax, information structure and pragmatic organization, this study explores how left-dislocation is used in republican Latin comedy, prose and inscriptions as a device to introduce topics or other pragmatically prominent elements. Taking into consideration especially relative clause syntax ... 
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KW  - linguistics; syntax; classical languages; Latin literature; epigraphy 
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