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Order of Words in the Ancient Languages compared with that of the Modern Languages.
Title:
Order of Words in the Ancient Languages compared with that of the Modern Languages.
Author:
Weil, Henri.
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9789027281401
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1 online resource (154 pages)
Series:
Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925 ; v.14

Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925
Contents:
THE ORDER OF WORDS IN THE ANCIENT LANGUAGES COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE MODERN LANGUAGES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 . Life of Henri Weil -- 2. Works by Henri Weil -- 3. Weil's Essay on Word Order -- 4. A note on the translator -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- Henri Weil.1818-1909. -- Discours de M. Gabriel Monod. -- Discours de M. Théodore Reinach. -- Bibliographie scientifique. -- I. Ouvrages originaux. -- II. Editions et Traductions. -- III. Articles, Mémoires et Rapports. Publiés dans des Recueils non Périodiques. -- IV. Articles publiés dans des Recueils Périodiques. -- Annuaire de l'Association pour l'encouragement des Études grecques· -- Bulletin de Correspondance hellénique. -- Bulletin des Humanistes français. -- Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. -- Didaskalia. -- Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Kritik. -- Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Paedagogik. -- Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Paedagogik. (Jahrbücher für classiscne Philologie.) -- Journal des Débats. -- Journal général de l'Instruction publique. -- Journal des Savants. -- Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. -- Recueil desMonuments grecs publié par l'Association pour l'encouragement des Études grecques. -- RevueArchéologique. -- Revue Critique (ancienne). -- RerneCritique(nouvelle). -- Revuedes Études Grecques. -- Articles: -- Comptes rendus: -- RevneGermanique. -- Pädagogische R vue (Stuttgart). -- Revuedephilologie. -- Zeitschrift für die Alterthumswissenschaft. -- INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSLATION. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS. -- PREFACE. -- THE ORDER OF WORDS IN THE ANCIENT LANGUAGES COMPARED WITH THE MODERN. -- CHAPTER I. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ORDER OF WORDS. -- The syntactic march is not the march of ideas.

An attempt to set forth the march of ideas. -- Application of the foregoing general remarks. -- Modifications which the peculiar genius of a language may bring to the principle of the order of words. -- The pathetic order. -- CHAPTER II. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE ORDER OF WORDS AND THE SYNTACTICAL FORM OF THE PROPOSITION. -- Classification of languages in respect to construction. -- The place of the verb. -- Descending and ascending constructions. -- What is the most perfect construction? -- Constructions in the free languages. -- The period. -- CHAPTER III. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE OEDEE OF WORDS AND EHETOEICAL EMPHASIS. -- Ascending accentuation. -- Descending accentuation. -- The repose of emphasis. -- A word on oratorical rhythm. -- False emphasis.
Abstract:
New edition of a pioneering work on word order, which originally appeared in French in 1844 (3rd ed., 1879), with an index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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