Publications

Authors:

Cotticelli, Paola

Title:

From clausula to clause, 2000 years of metalinguistic history

Year:

2022

Type of item:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Book Title:

Ubi homo, ibi lingua. Studi in onore di Maria Patrizia Bologna

Publisher:

Edizioni dell'Orso

ISBN:

978-88-3613-283-6

Page numbers:

307-327

Keyword:

metalanguage, Medieval grammars, syntax, history of syntax, history of grammatical concepts

Short description of contents:

My contribution aims at sketching the terminological development of the con- temporary term clause from its antecedent lat. clausa, clausula investigated in the different uses and meanings according to the semantic field of its employment as terminus technicus through time and grammarians. The word clause, originally used either as a rhetorical term to close a sentence or as a legal term to close a legal argument, over time in both cases lost the semantic component of ‘closing’, and assumed the meaning of ‘short sentence’ and of a ‘legal document’. Furthermore, the Latin metalinguistic adaptation of other Greek terms like komma and kolon provides insight into the not always clearly defined boundaries of clausula within the terminological employment in the field of syntax in the Ancient and Medieval grammars. I devote this paper to Maria Patrizia Bolo- gna, who in the course of her research has shown great interest in various aspects of the history of linguistics.

Note:

Articolo relativo al progetto PRIN 2017

Product ID:

132784

Handle IRIS:

11562/1088326

Last Modified:

March 28, 2023

Bibliographic citation:

Cotticelli, Paola, From clausula to clause, 2000 years of metalinguistic history Ubi homo, ibi lingua. Studi in onore di Maria Patrizia Bologna , Edizioni dell'Orso , 2022 , pp. 307-327

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