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Espen KARLSEN, The National Archives of Norway
Tamquam and quasi. Some new perspectives
In classical Latin the subordinators tamquam and quasi introduced subordinate clauses of conditional comparison. During the first centuries A.D. these subordinators gradually developed new functions and senses in addition to the classical usage which also persisted. These already grammaticalized subordinators were even more grammaticalized in certain contexts, i.e., in the combination of sentences. Tamquam and quasi which introduced finite clauses develop into particles expressing cause without a finite verb and being followed by predicative complements concording in respect of case with words preceding the subordinator. In the final stage quasi in certain cases has developed the function of copula. The degree of subordination gradually changes, and the subordinators in question develop from introducing finite clauses of conditional comparison to express different notions of cause into introducing predicative complements. Also some idiomatic expressions will be taken into consideration. I have examined a material collected from Livy and onwards, to authors of late Antiquity, such as Macrobius, Servius, and St. Isidore of Seville.
Most recent modifications: February 18, 2003 – latling@classics.unibo.it
Source: Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Medioevale
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Most recent modifications: February 18, 2003 – latling@classics.unibo.it
Source: Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Medioevale
No rights can be derived from the information on this Internet-page.