| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) |
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Interface explorations ; 5 |
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Interface explorations ; 5.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Methodological and theoretical issues -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aims and hypotheses of the book -- 3. Philological issues and methodological problems in the study of syntactic change -- 3.1. The analysis of diachronic data -- 3.2. Written versus spoken language -- 3.3. The selection of texts -- 4. The texts used to form the data base -- 4.1. The data base -- Chapter 2. Clitic syntax from Old Catalan to Modern Catalan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Latin to medieval Romance -- 3. Old Catalan clitics (13th�15th century) -- 3.1. Clitic types |
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3.2. Clitic distribution3.3. Striking features -- 3.4. Summary -- 4. Clitics in the DecadÃ?ncia (16thâ€?18th century) -- 4.1. Clitic types -- 4.2. Clitic distribution -- 4.3. Striking features -- 4.4. Summary -- 5. Clitics in the RenaixenÃa (19th century) -- 5.1. Clitic types -- 5.2. Clitic distribution -- 5.3. Striking features -- 5.4. Summary -- 6. Modern Catalan clitics (20th century) -- 6.1. Clitic types -- 6.2. Clitic distribution -- 6.3. Striking features -- 6.4 Summary -- 7. Synopsis -- 7.1. Catalan clitic development (13thâ€?20th century) |
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7.2 Other Romance languages over the centuriesChapter 3. Recent analyses and their problems -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prosodic analyses -- 2.1. Last resort movement triggered by PF -- 2.2. Reordering of constituents on PF -- 2.3. Phonological Filter -- 2.4. Summary -- 3. Syntactic approaches -- 3.1. Verb movement -- 3.2. Clitic movement -- 3.3. Summary -- 4. Synopsis -- Chapter 4. Rethinking the Tobler-Mussafia law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Problems for the phonological analyses -- 2.1. Reservations -- 2.2. Main considerations |
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2.3. Strong arguments against purely prosodic accounts3. Problems for the syntactical analyses -- 3.1. Considerations -- 3.2. Strong arguments against a verb-second analysis -- 4. Casting doubts -- 4.1. On the Tobler-Mussafia law -- 4.2. On the phrasal character of clitic pronouns -- 5. Summary -- Chapter 5. Seeking an analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The making-up of syntax -- 2.1. A particular category -- 2.2. Adopting Σ into a Minimalist framework -- 2.3. Empirical evidence from the Romance languages in general -- 2.4. Empirical evidence from Old Catalan |
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3. The work left for phonology3.1. Late lexical insertion -- 3.2. Conditioned allomorphy -- 4. Summary -- Chapter 6. Explaining the changes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diachronic instability -- 3. A tentative approach -- 3.1. Variation at the level of individuals -- 3.2. Language change within a Minimalist framework -- 3.3. Change in and diffusion of the Catalan clitic distribution -- 4. Summary -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-247) and index |
| Subject |
Catalan language -- Clitics
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Catalan language -- Phonetics
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
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Catalan language -- Phonetics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110892505 |
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3110892502 |
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