More's usage of Latin verbal predicates: the particular case of fio
This article addresses Thomas More's use of an especially complex Latin predicate, fio, as a means of examining the degree of classicism in this aspect of his writing. To this end, the main lexical-semantic and syntactic features of the verb in Classical Latin are presented, and a comparative r...
| Published in: | Moreana |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
[2019]
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Moreana
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| Further subjects: | B
sémantique verbale
B Epigrams B Épigrammes B Utopia B latin classique B fio B Classical Latin B Thomas More B verbal semantics |
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| Summary: | This article addresses Thomas More's use of an especially complex Latin predicate, fio, as a means of examining the degree of classicism in this aspect of his writing. To this end, the main lexical-semantic and syntactic features of the verb in Classical Latin are presented, and a comparative review is made of More's use of the predicate-and also its use in texts contemporaneous to More, as well as in Late and Medieval Latin-in both prose and poetry. The analysis shows that he works within a general framework of classicism, although he introduces some of his own idiosyncrasies, these essentially relating to the meaning of the verb that he employs in a preferential way and to the variety of verbal forms that occur in his poetic text. |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2019.0053 |