Date of Award
1967
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Romance Languages
Supervisor
G. Laurion
Language
English
Abstract
A survey of demonstrative usage in Classical Latin, an assessment of the syntactical significance of ille and iste in Late Latin, together with conditions favouring the evolution of the definite article, and an examination of articular usage in Old French up to the Chanson de Roland.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Leonard, "The Definite Article: Its Evolution in Late Latin and Its Usage in Old French" (1967). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5216.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/5216
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