The «Accusativus cum infinitivo» and «Quod»clauses in the «Revelaciones» of St. Bridget of Sweden
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Beschreibung
This study investigates the variation between the accusativus cum infinitivo (a.c.i.) and quod clauses with verba sentiendi and declarandi in the Revelaciones, Books I-VII, of St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-73). This variation is considered to be a characteristic feature of late and mediaeval Latin. The author analyses grammatical patterns which are important or decisive for the choice of construction after the main verb in the text of the Revelaciones. These patterns are connected with semantic criteria such as assertivity, with the category of co-reference and with stylistic factors and must be regarded as fundamental to the Latinity of the Revelaciones. An examination of the moods in quod clauses, the sequence of moods and tenses and a brief survey of subordinate constructions with verba voluntatis and curandi is also included.
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Espen Karlsen
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«K.s Monographie ist eine beeindruckende Studie zum mittelalterlichen Latein, die zeigt, dass die philologische Methode bei sinnvoller Kombination mit neueren linguistischen Erkenntnissen auch im sprachlichen Bereich leistungsstark bleibt. Für Sprache und Stil der ‘Revelaciones’ ist diese Studie ausgezeichnet.» (Roland Hoffmann, Gymnasium)
«Karlsen’s approach, which takes into account all possible factors pertaining to syntactic variation, is very fruitful. He does not claim that semantic factors, such as assertivity, although important, are alone responsible for the variation but carefully analyses other reasons as well. By doing this he is able to show how different levels of linguistic usage interact in determining the final form of an expression. In this way his study illustrates well the complex nature of syntactic variation without trying to reduce it to a too simplistic picture.» (Hilla Halla-aho, Arctos)
«...K. ci offre tuttavia informazioni e osservazioni molto interessanti e importanti sul problema discusso, p.e. sul modo di esprimere il futuro non finale e sui criteri stilistici che hanno importanza per la scelta di costruzione. Sia queste osservazioni sia le tante informazioni statistiche che questo libro ci offre saranno utili come punto di riferimento per futuri lavori sull’uso dell’AcI e quod nel latino medievale.» (Gerd Haverling, Athenaeum – Studi di Letteratura e Storia dell’Antichità)
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