Additions to the Rhaeto-Romantic Collection
Author : Cornell University. Libraries
Publisher :
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Raeto-Romance philology
ISBN :
The Rhaeto-Romance Languages
Author : Paola Beninca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 2005-12-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134965478
Book Description
The Rhaeto-Romance languages have been known as such to the linguistic community since the pioneering studies of Ascoli and Gartner over a century ago. There has never been a community of RR speakers based on a common history or polity and the various dialects are mutually unintelligible, but a unity, based on a number of common features, has been advanced. This book is the first general description of the Rhaeto-Romance languages to be written in English. It provides a critical examination of the phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the modern Rhaeto-Romance dialects within the broader perspective of Romance comparative linguistics.
The Rhaeto-Romance Languages
Author : Paola Beninca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2005-12-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1134965486
Book Description
The Rhaeto-Romance languages have been known as such to the linguistic community since the pioneering studies of Ascoli and Gartner over a century ago. There has never been a community of RR speakers based on a common history or polity and the various dialects are mutually unintelligible, but a unity, based on a number of common features, has been advanced. This book is the first general description of the Rhaeto-Romance languages to be written in English. It provides a critical examination of the phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the modern Rhaeto-Romance dialects within the broader perspective of Romance comparative linguistics.
The Rise of Agreement
Author : Eric Fuß
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 34,53 MB
Release : 2005-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027294143
Book Description
This book investigates the historical paths leading from pronouns to markers of verbal agreement and proposes a unified formal account of this grammaticalization process. In opposition to beliefs widely held in the literature, it is argued that new agreement formatives can be coined in a multitude of syntactic environments. Still, the individual paths toward agreement are shown to exhibit a set of underlying similarities which are attributed to universal principles that govern the reanalysis of pronominal clitics as exponents of verbal agreement across languages. It is claimed that syntactic principles impose only a set of necessary conditions on the reanalysis in question, while its ultimate trigger is morphological in nature. More specifically, it is argued that the acquisition of inflectional morphology is governed by blocking effects which operate during language acquisition and promote the grammaticalization of new markers if this change serves to replace ‘worn-out’, underspecified forms with new, more specified candidates.
The Library Bulletin of Cornell University
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 1896
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Bulletin
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 26,60 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Library science
ISBN :
Book Description
Bilingualism and Linguistic Conflict in Romance
Author : Rebecca Posner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110848643
Book Description
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Manual of Romance Phonetics and Phonology
Author : Christoph Gabriel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 989 pages
File Size : 27,75 MB
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110550288
Book Description
This handbook is structured in two parts: it provides, on the one hand, a comprehensive (synchronic) overview of the phonetics and phonology (including prosody) of a breadth of Romance languages and focuses, on the other hand, on central topics of research in Romance segmental and suprasegmental phonology, including comparative and diachronic perspectives. Phonetics and phonology have always been a core discipline in Romance linguistics: the wide synchronic variety of languages and dialects derived from spoken Latin is extensively explored in numerous corpus and atlas projects, and for quite a few of these varieties there is also more or less ample documentation of at least some of their diachronic stages. This rich empirical database offers excellent testing grounds for different theoretical approaches and allows for substantial insights into phonological structuring as well as into (incipient, ongoing, or concluded) processes of phonological change. The volume can be read both as a state-of-the-art report of research in the field and as a manual of Romance languages with special emphasis on the key topics of phonetics and phonology.
The Romance Languages
Author : Martin Harris
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780415164177
Book Description
Available again, this book discusses nine Romance languages in context of their common Latin origins and then in individual studies. The final chapter is devoted to Romance-based Creole languages; a genuine innovation in a work of this kind.
The Romance Languages
Author : Rebecca Posner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 1996-09-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521281393
Book Description
What is a Romance language? How is one Romance language related to others? How did they all evolve? And what can they tell us about language in general? In this comprehensive survey Rebecca Posner, a distinguished Romance specialist, examines this group of languages from a wide variety of perspectives. Her analysis combines philological expertise with insights drawn from modern theoretical linguistics, both synchronic and diachronic. She relates linguistic features to historical and sociological factors, and teases out those elements which can be attributed to divergence from a common source and those which indicate convergence towards a common aim. Her discussion is extensively illustrated with new and original data, and an up-to-date and comprehensive bibliography is included. This volume will be an invaluable and authoritative guide for students and specialists alike.
