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Author Smith, John Charles

Title Linguistic Theory and the Romance Languages
Published Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995

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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 122
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 122.
Contents LINGUISTIC THEORY AND THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Contributors' Addresses; Introduction; Aspects of Quantification in French in its Regional and Diachronic Varieties; 0. Theoretical background: the status of Quantifier Phrase (QP); 1. On the syntactic status of quantifiers in French; 2. Nominal quantifiers in French; 3. Diachronic and regional perspectives on this analysis; 4. Conclusions; Notes; References; The prepositional accusative in Sardinian: its distribution and syntactic repercussions; 0. Introduction
1. Distribution of accusative a2. Prepositional accusatives with pro-forms.; 3. Prepositional accusatives and grammatical Case.; 4. Conclusion; Note; References; Voice, Aspect, and Arbitrary Arguments; 1. Introduction; 2. The aspect constraint; 3. The implicit argument; 4. Voice and argument structure; References; Evidence from the Italian dialects for the internal structure of prosodic domains; Notes; References; Some observations on the syntax of clitic pronouns in Piedmontese; Notes; References
Perceptual factors and the disappearance of agreement between past participle and direct object in RomanceNotes; References; Segmental and Suprasegmental Structure in Southern French; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical principles; 3. Vowels in Southern French; 4. Nasalized vowels; 5. Conclusion; References; 'Underspecification' and 'misagreement' in Catalan lexical specifiers; Notes; References; Index
Summary This volume contains revised versions of papers given at a conference at the Manoir de Brion, in Normandy. They deal with phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, and cover a wide range of Romance languages, including many lesser-known varieties. The contributors to the volume are committed to the view that Romance Linguistics is not narrowly philological, but is rather General Linguistics practised with reference to particular data. The point has been made many times, but is worth reiterating, that Latin and the Romance languages offer an unrivalled wealth of synchronic and historical do
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Romance languages -- Congresses
Romance languages
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Maiden, Martin
LC no. 95000280
ISBN 9789027276513
902727651X
1283312743
9781283312745
9786613312747
6613312746