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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Ledgeway |
ISBN: | 0199584370 9780198736691 019873669X 9780199584376 |
OCLC Number: | 913605477 |
Description: | XXVII, 434 Seiten : Diagramme. |
Contents: | 1. From Latin to Romance: Introduction ; 2. Syntheticity and analyticity ; 3. Configurationality and the rise of constituent structure ; 4. Configurationality and the rise of functional structure ; 5. From Latin to Romance: A configurational approach ; 6. Head-marking and dependent-marking ; 7. The rise and fall of alignments ; References ; Index |
Series Title: | Oxford linguistics; Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics, 1. |
Responsibility: | Adam Ledgeway. |
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A model of how modern diachronic syntax can re-think the traditional descriptive distinctions and can incorporate the latest benefits of generative grammar theorizing, without throwing into relief the theory at the expense of the data. * Adina Dragomirescu, Revue Roumaine de Linguistique * The argumentation is expertly presented [...] Ledgeway provides the very best in synchronic and diachronic descriptions of the behaviour of Latin and its descendant languages [...] a wide-ranging study [that] represents an excellent example of the application of a model of formal analysis. * Paolo Ramat, Archivio Glottologico Italiano * Ledgeway's exposition is lucid and engaging. The technicalities of the analysis should not deter the inexperienced reader, in that every step of the argumentation is expounded meticulously and exhaustively, and supported with extraordinarily accurate and varied evidence from early, classical, and late Latin, on the one hand, and main and lesser known Romance languages, on the other. From Latin to Romance is a rare example of intellectual acumen married withscholarly attention to detail. It will be eagerly read by Classicists, and Romance and theoretical linguists alike. It should be listed in undergraduate and postgraduate Romance linguistics syllabi. * Delia Bentley, Italian Studies * A fundamental contribution for everyone interested in the study of the relationship between ancient and modern languages [...] A milestone in studies in the field. * Renato Oniga, Lingue antiche e moderne * Read more...

