Open Access<i>Dono dare</i>: el reflejo de un espejismo sintáctico en latín
Author(s) -
Pedro Manuel Suárez Martínez
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1992.v60.i1.480
Subject(s) - clarity , predicative expression , value (mathematics) , philosophy , humanities , function (biology) , linguistics , mathematics , chemistry , statistics , biochemistry , evolutionary biology , biology
Traditional analysis of datives appearing in expressions like dono dare has only focused on the assumed value of «finality» they seem to possess, without considering their possible origin. In our article, we attempt to show that: 1. the origin has to be sought in double dative constructions (which hitherto have been misinterpreted); 2. their function is a predicative one; and 3. their efficiency in the language obeys reasons of syntactical clarity