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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462612403321

Autore

Gardani Francesco <1975->

Titolo

Dynamics of morphological productivity : the evolution of noun classes from Latin to Italian / / by Francesco Gardani ; with a foreword by Wolfgang U. Dressler and Michele Loporcaro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-24465-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (552 p.)

Collana

Empirical approaches to linguistic theory, , 2210-6243 ; ; 4

Disciplina

440/.04554

Soggetti

Romance languages - Morphology

Romance languages - Noun

Romance languages - Grammar, Historical

Latin language - Influence on Romance

Latin language - Morphology

Italian language - Morphology

Productivity (Linguistics)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Romance Languages (Other)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 The Evolution of Morphology -- 2 Productivity -- 3 Measuring Productivity -- 4 Predicting Productivity Changes -- 5 Productivity of Noun Inflection in Latin -- 6 Productivity of Noun Inflection in Old Italian -- 7 Analysis -- 8 Behind the Scenes of Inflection -- Appendix Chronology of Latin Authors and Works -- Editions of Primary Sources -- References -- Subject Index -- Index of Languages -- Index of Lexemes.

Sommario/riassunto

In Dynamics of Morphological Productivity , Francesco Gardani explores the evolution of the productivity of the noun inflectional classes of Latin and Old Italian, covering a span of almost 2,000 years – an absolute novelty for the theory of diachrony and for Latin and Italo-Romance linguistics. By providing an original set of criteria for



measuring productivity, based on the investigation of loanword integration, conversions, and class shift, Gardani provides a substantial contribution to the theory of inflection, as well as to the study of the morphological integration of loanwords. The result is a wealth of empirical facts, including data from the contact languages Etruscan, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Arabic, Byzantine Greek, Old French and Provençal, accompanied by brilliant and groundbreaking analyses.