A Course in Romance Linguistics: A synchronic view

A Course in Romance Linguistics: A synchronic view

Author: Frederick Browning Agard

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780878400881

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A comparative/contrastive description of five modern Romance languages - French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Roumanian - in terms of underlying grammar manifested in surface similarities and differences.


A Course in Romance Linguistics

A Course in Romance Linguistics

Author: Frederick Browning Agard

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780878400744

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Agard provides an historical comparison of the major Romance languages with a reconstruction of their common source and a chronological account of their development through changes and splits.


Contemporary Approaches to Romance Linguistics

Contemporary Approaches to Romance Linguistics

Author: Julie Auger

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9781588115980

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This collection of twenty articles, selected from the 33rd annual Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held at Indiana University in 2003, presents current theoretical approaches to a variety of issues in Romance linguistics. Invited speakers Luigi Burzio and Jose Ignacio Hualde contribute papers on the paradigmatics and syntagmatics of Italian verbal inflection and comparative/diachronic Romance intonation, respectively. The other papers, whose authors include both well-known researchers and younger scholars, represent such areas as French syntax (both synchronic and diachronic), second language acquisition (Spanish & English), Spanish intonation, phonology, syntax, and semantics, Italian semantics, Romanian morphology and syntax, Catalan phonology and morphology, and Galician phonology (two papers). The volume is rounded out by three explicitly comparative studies, one on proto-Romance phonology, one on microvariation in Romance syntax, and a third addressing syntactic microvariation among varieties of French and French-based creoles. Frameworks represented include Optimality Theory, Minimalism, and Construction Grammar.


Bilingualism and Linguistic Conflict in Romance

Bilingualism and Linguistic Conflict in Romance

Author: Rebecca Posner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 9783110117240

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.


The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics

The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics

Author: W. Leo Wetzels

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-01-09

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1119096766

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The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition. Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages Chapters written by an international team of research specialists highlight both the consensus and the controversies within the various subfields of Portuguese linguistics Examines Portuguese linguistics in relation to syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics, acquisition, and sociolinguistics Written in an accessible overview style and designed for advanced students and current scholars in the field alike Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages


Spanish in the Americas

Spanish in the Americas

Author: Eleanor Greet Cotton

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2001-11-14

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780878403608

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This encyclopedic text focuses on the nature of Hispanic dialects, the spread of Spanish, and contemporary Spanish dialects in the Americas.


Sentential Negation in French

Sentential Negation in French

Author: Paul Rowlett Lecturer in French Language and Linguistics University of Salford

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998-08-26

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0198029098

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This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative perspective, the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by ne, pas, and elements such as jamais and personne. His conclusions have far-reaching implications, leading to the controversial hypothesis that, despite widespread belief, French is not a negative concord language.


Analyticity and Syntheticity

Analyticity and Syntheticity

Author: Armin Schwegler

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-02-06

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 3110872927

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The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.


Sentential Negation in French

Sentential Negation in French

Author: Paul Rowlett

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1998-09-24

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0195344243

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This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative perspective, the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by ne, pas, and elements such as jamais and personne. His conclusions have far-reaching implications, leading to the controversial hypothesis that, despite widespread belief, French is not a negative concord language.


Linguistic Universals and Language Variation

Linguistic Universals and Language Variation

Author: Peter Siemund

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 3110238063

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The volume explores the relationship between linguistic universals and language variation. Its contributions identify the recurrent patterns and principles behind the complex spectrum of observable variation. The volume bridges the gap between cross-linguistic variation, regional variation, diachronic variation, contact-induced variation as well as socially conditioned variation. Moreover, it addresses fundamental methodological and theoretical issues of variation research. The volume brings together internationally renowned specialists of their fields while, at the same time, offering a platform for gifted and highly talented young researchers. The authors come from different theoretical backgrounds and through their work illustrate a rich array of scientific methods. All authors share a strong belief in empirically founded theoretical work. The contributions span a high number of languages and dialects from many parts of the world. They are extremely broad in their empirical coverage addressing an impressive selection of grammatical domains.