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The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics

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Editors:
Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge
Martin Maiden, University of Oxford

Adam Ledgeway, Martin Maiden, Nigel Vincent, Alive Andreose, Laura Minervini, Diego Pescarini, Michele Loporcaro, Giovanna Marotta, Max W. Wheeler, Paul O'Neill, Judith Meinschaefer, Benedetta Baldi, Leonardo M. Savoia, Eulàlia Bonet, Francesc Torres-Tamarit, Franck Floricic, Lucia Molinu, Louise Esher, Anna M. Thornton, Chiara Cappellaro, Antonio Fortin, Franz Rainer, Brigitte L.M. Bauer, Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Jaume Mateu, Anna Pineda, Roberta D'Alessandro, Sonia Cyrino, Michelle Sheehan, Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan, Anna Cardinaletti, Giuliana Giusti, Norma Schifano, Steven N. Dworkin, Chiara Gianollo, Giuseppina Silvestri, Alice Corr, Nicola Munaro, Federica Da Milano, Konstanze Jungbluth, Silvio Cruschina, Ion Giurgea, Eva-Maria Remberger, Christopher Pountain, Rodica Zafiu, Francesco Gardani, Maria Selig, John Charles Smith

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Date Published: June 2024
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isbn: 9781108454506

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The Romance languages and dialects constitute a treasure trove of linguistic data of profound interest and significance. Data from the Romance languages have contributed extensively to our current empirical and theoretical understanding of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics. Written by a team of world-renowned scholars, this Handbook explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages, and how the body of comparative and historical data taken from them can be applied to linguistic study. It also offers insights into the diatopic and diachronic variation exhibited by the Romance family of languages, of a kind unparalleled for any other Western languages. By asking what Romance languages can do for linguistics, this Handbook is essential reading for all linguists interested in the insights that a knowledge of the Romance evidence can provide for general issues in linguistic theory.
- Explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages
- Highlights how data from Romance languages can contribute extensively to our empirical and theoretical understanding of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics
- Offers insights into the diatopic and diachronic variation exhibited by the Romance family of languages, of a kind unparalleled for any other Western languages
- Extensive references are included in the additional resources tab on the book's webpage
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- Date Published: June 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108454506
- length: 984 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 49 mm
- weight: 1.661kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Data, theory, and explanation: The view from Romance Adam Ledgeway and Martin Maiden
Part I. What is a language?:
2. Origins of Romance Nigel Vincent
3. Documentation and sources Alive Andreose and Laura Minervini
4. Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini and Michele Loporcaro
Part II. Phonetics and phonology:
5. Structure of the syllable Giovanna Marotta
6. Sandhi phenomena Max W. Wheeler and Paul O'Neill
7. Effects of stress Judith Meinschaefer
8. The notion of the phoneme Benedetta Baldi and Leonardo M. Savoia
9. Typologically exceptional phenomena in romance phonology Eulàlia Bonet and Francesc Torres-Tamarit
Part III. Morphology:
10. Phonological and morphological conditioning Franck Floricic and Lucia Molinu
11. The autonomy of morphology Louise Esher and Paul O'Neill
12. Suppletion Martin Maiden and Anna M. Thornton
13. Inflexion, derivation, compounding Chiara Cappellaro and Judith Meinschaefer
14. Evaluative suffixes Antonio Fortin and Franz Rainer
15. Counting systems Brigitte L.M. Bauer
Part IV. Syntax:
16. Argument structure and argument realization Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Jaume Mateu and Anna Pineda
17. Agreement Roberta D'Alessandro
18. Alignment Sonia Cyrino and Michelle Sheehan
19. Complex predicates Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae, and Gabriela Pană Dindelegan
20. Dependency, licensing, and the nature of grammatical relations Anna Cardinaletti and Giuliana Giusti
21. Parametric variation Adam Ledgeway and Norma Schifano
Part V. Semantics and pragmatics:
22. Word meanings and concepts Steven N. Dworkin
23. Key topics in semantics: Presupposition, anaphora, (in)definite nominal phrases, deixis, tense and aspect, negation Chiara Gianollo and Giuseppina Silvestri
24. Speech acts, discourse, and clause type Alice Corr and Nicola Munaro
25. Address systems and social markers Federica Da Milano and Konstanze Jungbluth
26. Information structure Silvio Cruschina, Ion Giurgea, and Eva-Maria Remberger
Part VI. Language, society, and the individual:
27. Register, genre, and style in the Romance languages Christopher Pountain and Rodica Zafiu
28. Contact and borrowing Francesco Gardani
29. Diamesic variation Maria Selig
30. Social factors in language change and variation John Charles Smith
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Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge
Adam Ledgeway is Professor of Italian and Romance Languages at the University of Cambridge. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages. Vols 1-2 (2011-13), The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax (2017) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Maiden, 2016).
Martin Maiden, University of Oxford
Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages at the University of Oxford. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Vols 1-2 (2011-13) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Ledgeway, 2016).
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Adam Ledgeway, Martin Maiden, Nigel Vincent, Alive Andreose, Laura Minervini, Diego Pescarini, Michele Loporcaro, Giovanna Marotta, Max W. Wheeler, Paul O'Neill, Judith Meinschaefer, Benedetta Baldi, Leonardo M. Savoia, Eulàlia Bonet, Francesc Torres-Tamarit, Franck Floricic, Lucia Molinu, Louise Esher, Anna M. Thornton, Chiara Cappellaro, Antonio Fortin, Franz Rainer, Brigitte L.M. Bauer, Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Jaume Mateu, Anna Pineda, Roberta D'Alessandro, Sonia Cyrino, Michelle Sheehan, Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan, Anna Cardinaletti, Giuliana Giusti, Norma Schifano, Steven N. Dworkin, Chiara Gianollo, Giuseppina Silvestri, Alice Corr, Nicola Munaro, Federica Da Milano, Konstanze Jungbluth, Silvio Cruschina, Ion Giurgea, Eva-Maria Remberger, Christopher Pountain, Rodica Zafiu, Francesco Gardani, Maria Selig, John Charles Smith