The order of words in the ancient languages compared with that of the modern languages

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New edition of a pioneering work on word order, which originally appeared in French in 1844 (3rd ed., 1879), with an index.

Title The order of words in the ancient languages compared with that of the modern languages / Henri Weil.
Edition New edition / with an introduction by Aldo Scaglione.
Publisher Amsterdam : J. Benjamins
Creation Date 1978
Notes Translation of De l'ordre des mots dans les langues anciennes comparées aux langues modernes.
Reprint of the 1887 ed. published by Ginn, Boston.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content 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
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
EDITORIAL NOTE
Henri Weil.1818-1909.
Bibliographie scientifique.
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.
CHAPTER II. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE ORDER OF WORDS AND THE SYNTACTICAL FORM OF THE PROPOSITION.
CHAPTER III. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE OEDEE OF WORDS AND EHETOEICAL EMPHASIS.
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series I, Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 1800-1925
v. 14
Extent 1 online resource (154 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010706004305171
MARC RECORDS
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