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An analysis of the ancient testimonies concerning the Latin accent reveals the meaning of the terminology used by the ancient Roman authors. The absence of accent, non accent, was called «grave». «Circumflex» was used to mean the accent located [...]![]()
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Classical Latin literature had a long tradition of puns, mainly due to the fact that Latin language showed great predisposition towards puns. The Romans themselves were very fond of them, indeed. Likewise, puns stand out as a very important feat[...]![]()
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The Polish linguist M. Kruszewski, a contemporary of Saussure, made a distinction between two basic factors in the life of a language, that is to say, two prevailing kinds of associations: similarity and contiguity. The idea was popularized in t[...]![]()
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The traditional prehistorical initial stress theory should be revised. The data that are here dealt with by the author reveal an alternative possibility: vocalic transformations can be likewise explained if we assume that the prehistorical Latin[...]