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Linguistic Theory and the Romance Languages.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, John Charles
Otros Autores: Maiden, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 122.
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  • 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 a2. 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 RomanceNotes; 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.