The Rhaeto-Romance Languages

by Paola Beninca, John Haiman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134965472
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/20/2005
Series:	Romance Linguistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John Haiman, Paola Beninca

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Phonology 2 Morphology 3 Lexicon 4 Syntax

Editorial Reviews

A study of a group of obscure languages spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland and Austria. Like other romance languages, they are descended from Latin, but have never existed under a single political unit, are separated into enclaves by German and Italian speakers, and are not really even mutually intelligible. Considers the history of the languages and the scholarship on them, phonology, morphology, the lexicons, and syntax. Some familiarity with the terms, symbols, and principles of linguistics is helpful. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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