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Routledge Language Family
The Romance Languages
Filling a critical gap in modern Romance language scholarship, and providing a theoretically strong, factually reliable reference source for future generations of linguists, this book surveys the structure and evolution of the Romance language family. A systematic balance of diachronic and
synchronic approaches, it is the most comprehensive treatment of Romance languages available for both general reference and specialized linguistic investigation, examining Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian, Rhaeto-Romance, and Romance-based pidgins
and creoles. The treatments of each Romance language, by scholars of established reputation in that language, cover all main features, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexis. To aid the reader, each chapter concludes with a select list of reference works and further readings, and the
book includes both an analytic index and a system of cross-references within the main body of the text.
synchronic approaches, it is the most comprehensive treatment of Romance languages available for both general reference and specialized linguistic investigation, examining Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian, Rhaeto-Romance, and Romance-based pidgins
and creoles. The treatments of each Romance language, by scholars of established reputation in that language, cover all main features, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexis. To aid the reader, each chapter concludes with a select list of reference works and further readings, and the
book includes both an analytic index and a system of cross-references within the main body of the text.
- GenresLanguageLinguistics
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First published January 28, 1988
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April 24, 2024
comprehensive, each chapter was pretty segmented, with less comparison to other language changes than the other romance history book i read. again, big focus on phonology and morphosyntax, not really pragmatics.
July 26, 2018
Not a single work, but a curated compilation of linguistic analyses by various linguists of major modern romance languages and their evolutions from Latin. The quality and style among the chapters vary therefore.
Many, if not most, of my linguistics assignments came back to me with the notation "terse," which never really affected my delivery, back then, unfortunately; but with this book, I finally got the point of those teacher comments. All in all this book is very readable to the student and lifelong language geek like me, despite its terse segments. Recently (circa 2017–18) I've been picking up more volumes with similar subject matter; but having not yet delved into them I can not yet compare. Sadly it is also a personal issue, not this book's fault, that I never finished reading the entire thing. Compendia are my downfall where my ADD takes over and I get distracted for years at a time. :D
Many, if not most, of my linguistics assignments came back to me with the notation "terse," which never really affected my delivery, back then, unfortunately; but with this book, I finally got the point of those teacher comments. All in all this book is very readable to the student and lifelong language geek like me, despite its terse segments. Recently (circa 2017–18) I've been picking up more volumes with similar subject matter; but having not yet delved into them I can not yet compare. Sadly it is also a personal issue, not this book's fault, that I never finished reading the entire thing. Compendia are my downfall where my ADD takes over and I get distracted for years at a time. :D
April 15, 2008
A fairly comprehensive survey of Romance liguistics.
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