The Romance Languages

This comprehensive survey examines the Romance languages from a wide variety of perspectives.

Table des matières

Introduction; Part I. The Similarities: 1. What is a Romance language I; 2. What is a Romance language II; 3. Latin and Romance; 4. Convergence, inter-influence and parallel development; Part II. The Differences: 5. How many Romance languages?; 6. When did the Romance languages differentiate?; 7. How did the Romance languages differentiate?; 8. Sociolinguistic factors.

Résumé

This comprehensive survey examines the Romance languages from a wide variety of perspectives. Rebecca Posner's analysis combines philological expertise with insights drawn from modern theoretical linguistics, and relates linguistic features to historical and sociological factors. Her discussion is extensively illustrated with new and original data.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rebecca Posner, Posner Rebecca
• Collaboration: S. R. Anderson (Editeur), J. Bresnan (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.09.1996
• EAN: 9780521281393
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28139-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Poids: 630 g
• Illustrations: 5 maps 27 tables, Karten, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Thèmes: Cambridge Language Surveys; Cambridge Language Surveys
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; French, Italy, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics