The Rhaeto-Romance Languages

The Rhaeto-Romance languages have been known as such to the linguistic community since the pioneering studies of Ascoli and Gartner over a century ago. There has never been a community of RR speakers based on a common history or polity and the various dialects are mutually unintelligible, but a unity, based on a number of common features, has been advanced.
This book is the first general description of the Rhaeto-Romance languages to be written in English. It provides a critical examination of the phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the modern Rhaeto-Romance dialects within the broader perspective of Romance comparative linguistics.

List of contents

Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Lexicon 4 Syntax

About the author

John Haiman, Paola Beninca

Summary

The first general description of these languages to be written in English, provides a critical look at the phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax of modern RR dialects within the broader perspective of Romance comparative linguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Paola Beninca, John Haiman
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.1992
• EAN: 9780415041942
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04194-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 518 g
• Series: Romance Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics