03880oam 2200697I 450 991097532820332120190826145055.09789004314580900431458X10.1163/9789004314580(CKB)3710000001034275(MiAaPQ)EBC4812540(OCoLC)969439527(OCoLC)978436891(OCoLC)978545237(OCoLC)978915683(nllekb)BRILL9789004314580(EXLCZ)99371000000103427520170118d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe evolution of complex spatial expressions within the Romance family a corpus-based study of French and Italian /by Thomas Hoelbeek1st ed.Leiden ;Boston :Brill,[2017]1 online resource (263 pages) illustrations, tablesBrill's studies in historical linguistics ;v. 7"This book is a revised version of my Ph. D. dissertation, which I defended at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on April 28, 2014."9789004314573 9004314571 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, ComparativeItalianItalian languageGrammar, ComparativeFrenchHistorical linguisticsFrench languageGrammar, ComparativeItalianfastHistorical linguisticsfastItalian languageGrammar, ComparativeFrenchfastRomance languagesGrammar, ComparativefastRomance languagesSemanticsfastRomance languagesGrammar, Comparative.Romance languagesSemantics.French languageGrammar, ComparativeItalian.Italian languageGrammar, ComparativeFrench.Historical linguistics.French languageGrammar, ComparativeItalian.Historical linguistics.Italian languageGrammar, ComparativeFrench.Romance languagesGrammar, Comparative.Romance languagesSemantics.445Hoelbeek Thomas1647794NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910975328203321The evolution of complex spatial expressions within the romance family3995573UNINA