22.895, Books: Historical Linguistics/Typology: Maiden, Smith, Ledgeway (Eds)

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Date: 19-Feb-2011
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 1,
Structures: Maiden, Smith, Ledgeway (Eds)

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From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 1, Structures: Maiden, Smith, Ledgeway (Eds)

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Title: The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 1,
Structures 
Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Editor: Martin Maiden
Editor: John Charles Smith
Editor: Adam Ledgeway

Hardback: ISBN:  9780521800723 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 120.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521800723 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 195.00

Abstract:

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. 

Table of Contents

1. Romance linguistics and historical linguistics. Reflections on synchrony
and diachrony. 
Rosanna Sornicola; 
2. Syllable, segment and prosody. 
Michele Loporcaro; 
3. Phonological processes.
Michele Loporcaro; 
4. Morphophonological persistence. 
Martin Maiden;
5. Morphophonological innovation. 
Martin Maiden; 
6. Change and continuity in form-function relationships. 
John Charles Smith; 
7. Morphosyntactic persistence from Latin into Romance. 
Giampaolo Salvi; 
8. Syntactic and morphosyntactic typology and change in Latin and Romance. 
Adam Ledgeway; 
9. Pragmatic and discourse changes from Latin to Romance. 
Maria Manoliu; 
10. Word formation. 
Brigitte Bauer; 
11. Lexical stability. 
Arnulf Stefenelli; 
12. Lexical change. 
Steven Dworkin; 
13. Latin and the structure of written Romance. 
Christopher Pountain; 
14. Slangs and jargons. 
John Trumper. 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Lexicography
                     Morphology
                     Pragmatics
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Romance

Written In: English  (eng)

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