The Rhaeto-Romance Languages
Author | : Paola Beninca |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2005-12-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134965489 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134965486 |
Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Rhaeto-Romance Languages written by Paola Beninca and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-12-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 broader perspective of Romance comparative linguistics.