Introduction; 1. The evolution of stressed vowels; 2. Early changes in syllable structure and consonants; 3. Consonant weakening and strengthening; 4. New palatal consonants; 5. More about vowels: raising, yod effects, and nasalization; 6. Verb morphology: the present indicative; 7. Verb morphology: systemic reorganization; 8. Noun and adjective morphology; 9. History and structure of Portuguese: an overview; 10. History and structure of Romanian: an overview; 11. Formation of the Romance lexicon; 12. Emergence of the Romance vernaculars; Suggestions for further reading; Works cited; Index of topics.
Introduction; 1. The evolution of stressed vowels; 2. Early changes in syllable structure and consonants; 3. Consonant weakening and strengthening; 4. New palatal consonants; 5. More about vowels: raising, yod effects, and nasalization; 6. Verb morphology: the present indicative; 7. Verb morphology: systemic reorganization; 8. Noun and adjective morphology; 9. History and structure of Portuguese: an overview; 10. History and structure of Romanian: an overview; 11. Formation of the Romance lexicon; 12. Emergence of the Romance vernaculars; Suggestions for further reading; Works cited; Index of topics.
This book describes the changes which led from colloquial Latin to the five major Romance languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.
Ti Alkire is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University. Besides historical Romance linguistics, his research interests include stylistics, translation theory, and current variation in French and Italian. Carol Rosen is a Professor of Linguistics and Romance Studies at Cornell University. Her work in language typology, grammatical relations, and formal theory design lends a special character to her research in Romance linguistics, ranging over historical and contemporary topics.
'This attractive textbook is a great opportunity to bring the
unique historical and typological richness of the Romance languages
to today's students of language and linguistics and empower them to
continue its exploration on their own. In its carefully gradated
approach at complex issues of phonology and morphology, the authors
provide readers with an analytical in-depth investigation of the
diachronic developments in Spanish, French, and Italian,
complemented by coherent sketches of Portuguese and Romanian. The
book sets a new standard for focus, relevance, and accuracy of data
as well as broadly informed and open-minded assessment of competing
explanations offered in the literature. Readers who work their way
through the book will come away from it with a structured picture
of this fascinating language family spanning 2000 years of varying
divergence and convergence.' Dieter Wanner, The Ohio State
University
'A user-friendly and straightforward approach to the topic, which
cuts through much of the excessive and dense detail of traditional
treatments.' Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge
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