Syntaxe des indéfinis latins

In a language with free order, such as Latin, why do some words have restrictions on their placement? The Latin indefinites "quis," "quisque," and "alius" show such restrictions; for example, "quis" appears only after certain negations or conjunctions. This study compares those indefinites with ones that are not subjected to the same restrictions, such as "aliquis" or "unusquisque." It also presents an analysis of the different types of quantification associated with the placement of these indefinites, along with a syntactic theory of Latin that allows for a unified presentation of phenomena that appear to be heterogeneous. By combining the logico-semantic and syntactic dimensions of language, this work offers a new approach to Latin.