| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 866 pages) : illustrations |
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Complete Cambridge histories online. Language and linguistics |
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Complete Cambridge histories online. Language and linguistics
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| Contents |
Romance linguistics and historical linguistics: reflections on synchrony and diachrony / Rosanna Sornicola -- Syllable, segment and prosody / Michele Loporcaro -- Phonological processes / Michele Loporcaro -- Morphological persistence / Martin Maiden -- Morphophonological innovation / Martin Maiden -- Change and continuity in form-function relationships / John Charles Smith -- Morphosyntactic persistence / Giampaolo Salvi -- Syntactic and morphosyntactic typology and change / Adam Ledgeway -- Pragmatic and discourse changes / Maria M. Manoliu -- Word formation / Brigitte L.M. Bauer -- Lexical stability / Arnulf Stefenelli -- Lexical change / Steven N. Dworkin -- Latin and the structure of written romance / Christopher J. Pountain -- Slang and jargons / John Trumper |
| Summary |
"This Cambridge History is the most comprehensive survey of the history of the Romance languages ever published in English. It engages with new and original topics that reflect wider-ranging comparative concerns, such as the relation between diachrony and synchrony, morphosyntactic typology, pragmatic change, the structure of written Romance, and lexical stability. Volume I is organized around the two key recurrent themes of persistence (structural inheritance and continuity from Latin) and innovation (structural change and loss in Romance). An important and novel aspect of the volume is that it accords persistence in Romance a focus in its own right rather than treating it simply as the background to the study of change. In addition, it explores the patterns of innovation (including loss) at all linguistic levels. The result is a rich structural history which marries together data and theory to produce new perspectives on the structural evolution of the Romance languages"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Romance languages -- History
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Romance languages -- Grammar
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Romance languages -- Grammar
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Romance languages
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maiden, Martin, 1957- editor.
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Smith, John Charles, 1950- editor.
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Ledgeway, Adam, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780511780134 |
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0511780133 |
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9781316183090 |
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1316183092 |
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1316183572 |
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9781316183571 |
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