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Susanne SCHOOF, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
The Distribution of Reflexives Within Latin Infinitival Constructions
Recent research has proven that the structure referred to as AcI in traditional grammars needs a more fine-grained distinction: There is a two-constituent structure found with object-control verbs and a one-constituent structure for which alone the name "AcI" should be kept. This is mostly dependent on verba sentiendi et dicendi
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The distribution of the reflexive pronoun se in these two structures turns out to be complementary: In object-control verbs constructing with a transitive infinitive we never find se in the position of accusative subject, it is always the accusative object of the verbal infinitive. Two antecedents are possible: the nominative subject of the matrix verb (1) and the accusative subject of the verbal infinitive (2). In the AcI only lexically reflexive verbs take se as an accusative object (3). In all other cases se appears only as an accusative subject in the AcI. Here the antecedent is the source of utterance, syntactically either a nominative NP (4) or a prepositional phrase (5).
We argue that the complementary distribution of reflexives gives further evidence of the existence of two structures both consisting of an accusative NP and a verbal infinitive. In the AcI the reflexive se is used in a logophoric context. This logophoric element is not found with the two-constituent structure.
(1) Consuli arma capere militesj iubet et sequi sei extra vallum (Liv. 10, 35, 5)
(2) equites(j) … se(j) occultare iubet(i) (Liv. 7, 14, 8)
(3)dixerim iactasse se(i) aliquos(i)… (Cic. Phil. 2, 25)
(4) acta se(i) defendere dicit(i) (Cic. Phil. 5, 7)
(5) multa a Caesare(i) … dicta sunt, … neque se(i) iudicare Galliam potius
esse… (Caes. Gall. 1, 45, 1)
Most recent modifications: February 18, 2003 – latling@classics.unibo.it
Source: Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Medioevale
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. The distribution of the reflexive pronoun se in these two structures turns out to be complementary: In object-control verbs constructing with a transitive infinitive we never find se in the position of accusative subject, it is always the accusative object of the verbal infinitive. Two antecedents are possible: the nominative subject of the matrix verb (1) and the accusative subject of the verbal infinitive (2). In the AcI only lexically reflexive verbs take se as an accusative object (3). In all other cases se appears only as an accusative subject in the AcI. Here the antecedent is the source of utterance, syntactically either a nominative NP (4) or a prepositional phrase (5).
We argue that the complementary distribution of reflexives gives further evidence of the existence of two structures both consisting of an accusative NP and a verbal infinitive. In the AcI the reflexive se is used in a logophoric context. This logophoric element is not found with the two-constituent structure.
- (1) Consuli arma capere militesj iubet et sequi sei extra vallum (Liv. 10, 35, 5)
- (2) equites(j) … se(j) occultare iubet(i) (Liv. 7, 14, 8)
- (3)dixerim iactasse se(i) aliquos(i)… (Cic. Phil. 2, 25)
- (4) acta se(i) defendere dicit(i) (Cic. Phil. 5, 7)
- (5) multa a Caesare(i) … dicta sunt, … neque se(i) iudicare Galliam potius
esse… (Caes. Gall. 1, 45, 1)
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.