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Research on Old French: The State of the Art

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The present volume presents scholarly study into Old French as it is practiced today, in all of its forms, within a variety of theoretical frameworks, from Optimality Theory to Minimalism to Discourse Analysis. Many of the chapters are corpus-based, reflecting a new trend in the field, as more electronic corpora become available. The chapters contribute to our understanding of both the synchronic state and diachronic evolution, not only of Old French, but of language in general. Its breadth is extensive in that contributors pursue research on a wide variety of topics in Old French focusing on the various subsystems of language. All examples are carefully glossed and the relevant characteristics of Old French are clearly explained, which makes it uniquely accessible to non-specialists and linguists at all levels of training.

Table des matières

Introduction.- A Diachronic View of Old French Genitive Constructions.- Grammaticalization in Progress in Old French: Indefinite Aarticles.- Null Objects in Old French.- Compensatory Lengthening in Historical French: The Role of the Speaker.- Perception, Production and Markedness in Sound Change: French Velar Palatalization.- Evolution and Regrammation in the Mood System: Perspectives from Old, Middle, Renaissance and Modern French.- Analogy among French Sounds.- The Development of the Declension System.- The Diasystem and its Role in Generating Meaning: Diachronic Evidence from Old French.- Synchronic studies.- Crusaders' Old French.- The Use of the Future and Conditional in High Medieval Literature.- Old French Parataxis: Syntactic Variant or Stylistic Variation?- A Derivational Approach to Negative Polarity Item Licensing in Old French.- Theoretical Issues in Old French Inflectional Morpho(phono)logy.- Forms and Functions of Reported Discourse in Medieval French.- The Left-periphery in Old French.- Grammatical Meaning and the Old French Subjunctive.

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The present volume presents scholarly study into Old French as it is practiced today, in all of its forms, within a variety of theoretical frameworks, from Optimality Theory to Minimalism to Discourse Analysis.  Many of the chapters are corpus-based, reflecting a new trend in the field, as more electronic corpora become available.

The chapters contribute to our understanding of both the synchronic state and diachronic evolution, not only of Old French, but of language in general. Its breadth is extensive in that contributors pursue research on a wide variety of topics in Old French focusing on the various subsystems of language.
 
All examples are carefully glossed and the relevant characteristics of Old French are clearly explained, which makes it uniquely accessible to non-specialists and linguists at all levels of training. ​

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From the reviews:
“The editor aims to provide insight into both diachronic and synchronic linguistics, not only of Old French, but of language in general. All examples are glossed and the relevant characteristics of Old French are clearly explained, in order to direct the book not only at linguists and graduate students who specialize in Old French, but also at linguists who conduct research in historical linguistics in other languages … . This is a book that will be gratefully used by many scholars and researchers … .” (Catharina Peersman, The Linguist List, September, 2013)

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From the reviews:
"The editor aims to provide insight into both diachronic and synchronic linguistics, not only of Old French, but of language in general. All examples are glossed and the relevant characteristics of Old French are clearly explained, in order to direct the book not only at linguists and graduate students who specialize in Old French, but also at linguists who conduct research in historical linguistics in other languages ... . This is a book that will be gratefully used by many scholars and researchers ... ." (Catharina Peersman, The Linguist List, September, 2013)

Détails du produit

Collaboration Deborah L Arteaga (Editeur), Debora L Arteaga (Editeur), Deborah L Arteaga (Editeur)
Edition Springer Netherlands
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Livre de poche
Sortie 01.01.2014
 
EAN 9789401782159
ISBN 978-94-0-178215-9
Pages 384
Dimensions 155 mm x 20 mm x 235 mm
Poids 593 g
Illustrations VIII, 384 p.
Thèmes Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Catégories Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée

Syntax, B, Social Sciences, Language: reference & general, Historical & comparative linguistics, Romance, Italic & Rhaeto-Romanic languages, Historical Linguistics, Romance Languages

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