The romance languages

Author:Rebecca Posner

Summary: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.

Print Book, English, 1996

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996

Series:

Cambridge language surveys

Physical Description:XVII, 376 p., 5 p. de mapas 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780521281393, 9780521236546, 0521281393, 0521236541

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:431702928

Subjects:

Lenguas romances

Lenguas románicas

Romanische Sprachen

Contents:

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.