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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765993703321

Autore

Haiman John

Titolo

The Rhaeto-Romance languages / / John Haiman and Paola Beninca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 1992

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-96547-8

1-134-96548-6

1-280-25668-0

9786610256686

0-203-99248-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Romance linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

BenincaPaola

Disciplina

459.9

459/.9

Soggetti

Raeto-Romance language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Phonology; 2 Morphology; 3 Lexicon; 4 Syntax; Appendix: some irregular verbs; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Rhaeto-Romance languages have been known as such to the linguistic community since the pioneering studies of Ascoli and Gartner over a century ago. There has never been a community of RR speakers based on a common history or polity and the various dialects are mutually unintelligible, but a unity, based on a number of common features, has been advanced. This book is the first general description of the Rhaeto-Romance languages to be written in English. It provides a critical examination of the phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the modern Rhaeto-Romance dialects within the b