29.2314, Books: The Romance Verb: Maiden

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 13:45:14
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: The Romance Verb: Maiden

 


Title: The Romance Verb 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-romance-verb-9780199660216 


Author: Martin Maiden

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199660216 Pages: 384 Price: U.S. $ 99.00


Abstract:

This book is the first comprehensive comparative-historical survey of patterns
of alternation in the Romance verb which appear to be 'autonomously
morphological': although they can be shown to be persistent through time, they
have long ceased to be conditioned by any phonological or functional
determinant. Some of these patterns are well known in Romance linguistics,
while others have scarcely been noticed. The sheer range of phenomena which
participate in these patterns in any case far surpasses what Romance linguists
had previously realized. The patterns constitute a kind of abstract
'leitmotiv', running through the history of the Romance languages and
conferring on them a distinctive morphological physiognomy. 

Although intended primarily as a novel contribution to comparative-historical
Romance linguistics, the book considers in detail the status of these patterns
which appear to be a matter of 'morphology by itself', unsupported by
determining factors external to the morphological system. Particular attention
is paid to the problem of their persistence, self-replication, and
reinforcement over time. Why do abstract morphological patterns that quite
literally 'do not make sense' display such diachronic robustness? The evidence
suggests that speakers, faced with different ways of expressing semantically
identical material, seek out distributional templates into which those
differences can be deployed. In Romance the only available templates happen to
be 'morphomic', morphologically accidental, effects of old sound changes or
defunct functional conditionings. Those patterns are accordingly exploited,
and indeed reinforced, by being made maximally predictable.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Syntax

Language Family(ies): Romance


Written In: English  (eng)

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