32.1811, Books: The Oxford History of Romanian Morphology: Maiden, Dragomirescu, Pană Dindelegan, Uţă, Zafiu

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Subject: 32.1811, Books: The Oxford History of Romanian Morphology: Maiden, Dragomirescu, Pană Dindelegan, Uţă, Zafiu

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Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 15:28:49
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford History of Romanian Morphology: Maiden, Dragomirescu, Pană Dindelegan, Uţă, Zafiu

 


Title: The Oxford History of Romanian Morphology 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-history-of-romanian-morphology-9780198829485?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Martin Maiden
Author: Adina Dragomirescu
Author: Gabriela Pană Dindelegan
Author: Oana Uţă
Author: Rodica Zafiu

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198829485 Pages: 496 Price: U.S. $ 125.00


Abstract:

This book offers the first comprehensive account of the development of the
Romanian morphological system. Romanian is one of the most morphologically
complex Romance languages, but has remained relatively understudied compared
with better-known languages such as French and Spanish. Following an
introduction that provides an outline of the history of Romanian, its writing
system and major typological characteristics, and the major patterns of
allomorphy, chapters in this volume explore a range of fascinatingly complex
aspects of Romanian grammar whose structure and history have to date been
largely inaccessible to the English-speaking world. Among the most distinctive
morphological characteristics of Romanian discussed by the authors are its
inflexional case system; the highly unpredictable formation of the plural; the
existence of a non-finite verb form that appears to be the continuation of the
Latin supine; the near-absence of distinctive subjunctive morphology; and the
complex patterns of allomorphy brought about by successive sound change. The
frequently controversial origins of many of these developments have important
implications for broader historical Romance linguistics and indeed for
morphological theory more generally.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology

Subject Language(s): Romanian (ron)


Written In: English  (eng)

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