Non-nominative subjects in Latin and Ancient Greek

• Jóhanna Barðdal ^[1] ; Serena Danesi ^[2] ; Laura Bruno ^[1] ; Eleonora Cattafi ^[1] ; Leonardo Biondo ^[3]
  1. [1] Ghent University

     Ghent University

     Arrondissement Gent, Bélgica

     
  2. [2] University of Bergen

     University of Bergen

     Noruega

     
  3. [3] University of Pisa

     University of Pisa

     Pisa, Italia

     

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• Localización: Indogermanische Forschungen, ISSN 0019-7262, Vol. 128, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 321-392
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article responds to a call for research, made by Hock (1990) more than 30 years ago, on the subject behavior of potential non-nominative subjects in the early Indo-European languages. Hock’s call was made in the wake of research into behavioral properties of non-nominative subjects in several modern languages. Since then, comprehensive studies have been carried out on the subject behavior of non-nominative subjects in the early Germanic languages, including Gothic, Old English, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse-Icelandic, etc. Some preliminary work has been undertaken on Latin, while work on Ancient Greek is almost non-existent. We gather the Latin data provided so far, adding complementary evidence; we also present a complete dataset from Ancient Greek not figuring in the earlier literature. These data, pertaining to six established subject tests, show that potential non-nominative subjects behave syntactically as nominative subjects in both Latin and Ancient Greek, while an analysis in terms of object is excluded.