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In this paper I will again consider the topic of Latin pronouns discussed at the Jerusalem colloquium of 1993. My opinion on this subject is much the same as presented in my book Über das Lateinische 1997, but I hope to develop my position at least in one point. My book's topic regards both the Indo-European prehistory of Latin and its development and passage into Romance. In this paper I wish, therefore, to consider some aspects of the pre-history of Indo-European languages and the history of Greek and Latin. In particular I will examine my contention that pronominal reference was influenced by giving up or changing the early kinds of subordination, in particular the Acl, and by a lesser use of the participle. Before examining the development of subordination we must explain how subordination was used in early Indo-European times and consider whether the clauses consisting of Subject and Predicate were the basic tool by which words were combined to give voice to the thought of the speaker. The philosophical and logical foundation of the generaly accepted theory which takes the clause as the center of the expression as truth value was developed no earlier than Aristotle's time and is today questioned by some philosophers (cf. M.Dummett 1996: 23f.). At any rate the syntactic combination of words was an important element of these changes, along with some other crucial changes concerning demonstrative-deictic pronouns and the declension of nouns and pronouns. One of the most important changes was the substitution of cases with prepositions. My idea was and remains that the use and development of these elements were and are linked. Moreover I note that, even in Chapter 29 of Brought to you by | Nanyang Technological University Authenticated Download Date | 6/8/15 1:59 AM

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