TY - BOOK ID - 101507665 TI - The Category of Comparison in Latin PY - 2022 SN - 9004523464 9789004523463 9004523472 9789004523470 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill DB - UniCat KW - Latin language KW - Classical Studies KW - Greek & Latin Linguistics KW - Historical and Comparative Linguistics & Linguistic Typology KW - Languages and Linguistics KW - Classical Studies. KW - Greek & Latin Linguistics. KW - Historical and Comparative Linguistics & Linguistic Typology. KW - Languages and Linguistics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101507665 AB - Which Latin adjectives and adverbs allow for comparative and superlative forms, and which ones do not? Based on extensive data collection, this book aims to provide today’s readers of Latin with some objective criteria for determining the answer to this question. This book focuses on one of the basic – yet still rather neglected in Latin linguistics– grammatical categories: comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Which Latin adjectives and adverbs allow for comparative and superlative forms, and which ones do not? This question may seem trivial to those working with modern languages but is not at all trivial in the case of a dead language such as Latin that has no native speakers and a limited corpus of written texts. Based on extensive data collection, the book aims to provide today’s readers of Latin with some objective criteria for determining the answer. ER -