| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages) |
| Series |
Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; volume 7 |
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Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; v. 7.
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| Contents |
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- On French and Italian Complex Spatial Expressions -- Data Collection and Research Methodology -- Interpretative Framework -- Results of the French Analysis -- Results of the Italian Analysis -- Contrastive Analysis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Cited Text Index -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
In 'The Evolution of Complex Spatial Expressions within the Romance Family', Thomas Hoelbeek offers a corpus-based historical study of a group of expressions in French and Italian. Applying a functional approach, he tackles adpositions containing the French noun 'travers' or the Italian noun 'traverso', previously never analysed from a diachronic perspective. This study enriches our knowledge of the expressions analysed and their functioning in the past, but also in present-day French and Italian, providing diachronic observations regarding functional notions put to the test. Thomas Hoelbeek's work also contributes to a better understanding of the grammaticalisation mechanisms of complex constructions, and shows that typologically related languages may evolve differently in their ways of representing space |
| Notes |
"This book is a revised version of my Ph. D. dissertation, which I defended at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on April 28, 2014." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 22, 2017) |
| Subject |
Romance languages -- Grammar, Comparative
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Romance languages -- Semantics
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French language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Italian
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Italian language -- Grammar, Comparative -- French
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Historical linguistics.
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historical linguistics.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- French.
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French language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Italian
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Historical linguistics
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Italian language -- Grammar, Comparative -- French
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Romance languages -- Grammar, Comparative
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Romance languages -- Semantics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017002218 |
| ISBN |
9789004314580 |
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900431458X |
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