Vorlesungen ber Syntax: mit besonderer Bercksichtigung von ... - 9781108006910

Vorlesungen ber Syntax: mit besonderer Bercksichtigung von Griechisch, Lateinisch und DeutschAuthor(s): Jacob Wackernagel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108006910, 978-1108006910\nSynopsis\nIn [tel] Jacob Wackernagel [tel], Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Basel, published two volumes of lectures on Greek, Latin and German syntax based on his [tel] courses for beginning undergraduates (who would already have studied all three languages at school). Wackernagel introduces the principles of grammatical functions and cross-linguistic work, and provides a foundation for the understanding of comparative syntax. The book remained in print for many decades thanks to its lively style and well-chosen examples from classical texts. The Sanskritist Louis Renou [tel], writing on Wackernagel in 1938, asserted that 'no linguist could possibly afford to ignore this book', and it remai.