03129nam 2200517 450 991082069270332120230810001857.090-04-31458-X10.1163/9789004314580(CKB)3710000001034275(MiAaPQ)EBC4812540(OCoLC)969439527(OCoLC)978436891(OCoLC)978545237(OCoLC)978915683(nllekb)BRILL9789004314580(EXLCZ)99371000000103427520170307h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe evolution of complex spatial expressions within the romance family a corpus-based study of French and Italian /by Thomas HoelbeekLeiden, [Netherlands] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2017.©20171 online resource (263 pages) illustrations, tablesBrill's Studies in Historical Linguistics,2211-4904 ;Volume 7"This book is a revised version of my Ph. D. dissertation, which I defended at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on April 28, 2014."90-04-31457-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- On French and Italian Complex Spatial Expressions -- Data Collection and Research Methodology -- Interpretative Framework -- Results of the French Analysis -- Results of the Italian Analysis -- Contrastive Analysis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Cited Text Index -- Author Index -- Subject Index.In The Evolution of Complex Spatial Expressions within the Romance Family , Thomas Hoelbeek offers a corpus-based historical study of a group of expressions in French and Italian. Applying a functional approach, he tackles adpositions containing the French noun travers or the Italian noun traverso , previously never analysed from a diachronic perspective. This study enriches our knowledge of the expressions analysed and their functioning in the past, but also in present-day French and Italian, providing diachronic observations regarding functional notions put to the test. Thomas Hoelbeek’s work also contributes to a better understanding of the grammaticalisation mechanisms of complex constructions, and shows that typologically related languages may evolve differently in their ways of representing space.Brill's studies in historical linguistics ;Volume 7.Romance languagesGrammar, ComparativeRomance languagesSemanticsFrench languageGrammar, comparativeItalianRomance languagesGrammar, Comparative.Romance languagesSemantics.French languageGrammar, comparativeItalian.440.045Hoelbeek Thomas1647794MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820692703321The evolution of complex spatial expressions within the romance family3995573UNINA