Current issues in Romance languages : selected papers from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Ann Arbor, 8-11 April 1999 / edited by Teresa Satterfield, Christina Tortora, Diana Cresti
CURRENT ISSUES IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; ON BECOMING A CLITIC: THE PRENOMINAL POSSESSIVE IN ROMANCE; 0. Introduction; 1. Latin roots; 2. Development from Latin; 2.1 Old French; 2.2 Old Spanish; 2.3 Italian; 3. Syntactic Representation; 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; PRIMARY STRESS IN SPANISH; 0. Introduction; 1. Data; 2. Test; 3. Analysis; 3.1 Lexical patterns; 3.2 Quantity sensitivity; 3. 3 Falling diphthongs; 3.4 A process in change; 4. Ternary Feet; 5. Conclusion; REFERENCES; SPANISH CLAUSES WITHOUT COMPLEMENTIZER
Summary
This book presents an enlightening collection of papers contributing to theoretical discussions across many topics within the study of Romance Languages and Linguistics. The work originates from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held in 1999 at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, although only a small subpart of the proceedings papers are included in this volume. The selected papers have been reworked for the current publication
