The Development of Latin Clause Structure

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The Development of Latin Clause Structure is written by Lieven Jozef Maria Danckaert and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191820245 (ISBN 10) and 9780191820243 (ISBN 13).

This book examines Latin word order patterns, in particular the relative ordering of i) lexical verbs and direct objects and ii) auxiliaries and non-finite verbs. Lieven Danckaert offers a corpus-based description of these alternations and demonstrates that Latin is a fully configurational language, contrary to received wisdom.