Linguistic theory and the Romance languages / / editors, John Charles Smith, Martin Maiden

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 440
• Soggetto topico: Romance languages
• Altri autori: SmithJohn Charles <1950-> MaidenMartin <1957->
• Note generali: Chiefly updated versions of papers presented at a conference on Romance linguistics held at the Manoir de Brion in Dragey, Manche, May 1989.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: LINGUISTIC THEORY AND THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Contributors' Addresses; Introduction; Aspects of Quantification in French in its Regional and Diachronic Varieties; 0. Theoretical background: the status of Quantifier Phrase (QP); 1. On the syntactic status of quantifiers in French; 2. Nominal quantifiers in French; 3. Diachronic and regional perspectives on this analysis; 4. Conclusions; Notes; References; The prepositional accusative in Sardinian: its distribution and syntactic repercussions; 0. Introduction. ; 1. Distribution of accusative a; 2. Prepositional accusatives with pro-forms.; 3. Prepositional accusatives and grammatical Case.; 4. Conclusion; Note; References; Voice, Aspect, and Arbitrary Arguments; 1. Introduction; 2. The aspect constraint; 3. The implicit argument; 4. Voice and argument structure; References; Evidence from the Italian dialects for the internal structure of prosodic domains; Notes; References; Some observations on the syntax of clitic pronouns in Piedmontese; Notes; References ; Perceptual factors and the disappearance of agreement between past participle and direct object in Romance; Notes; References; Segmental and Suprasegmental Structure in Southern French; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical principles; 3. Vowels in Southern French; 4. Nasalized vowels; 5. Conclusion; References; 'Underspecification' and 'misagreement' in Catalan lexical specifiers; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains revised versions of papers given at a conference at the Manoir de Brion, in Normandy. They deal with phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, and cover a wide range of Romance languages, including many lesser-known varieties. The contributors to the volume are committed to the view that Romance Linguistics is not narrowly philological, but is rather General Linguistics practised with reference to particular data. The point has been made many times, but is worth reiterating, that Latin and the Romance languages offer an unrivalled wealth of synchronic and historical do
• Altri titoli varianti: Linguistic theory & the Romance languages
• Titolo autorizzato: Linguistic theory and the Romance languages
• ISBN: 1-283-31274-3; 9786613312747; 90-272-7651-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828640003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 122.