Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol. 6 of 13 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

James W. Bright

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133160933X ISBN 13 : 9781331609339

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book examines how vowels were pronounced in the Gallo-Romance languages, the precursors to the modern Romance languages like French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. The author argues that historians can group vowel sounds into two categories: free and checked. Free vowels are those that keep their original sound, while checked vowels are those that have changed over time. By analyzing sound changes in free and checked vowels, scholars can gain insight into the history of a language and even the broader history of ideas. The author draws conclusions about the nature of free and checked vowels by tracing the history of vowel sounds in Gallo-Romance from the Classical Latin period through the early centuries of its development. The book is targeted at linguists and philologists interested in the history of Romance languages and will be especially useful to those with an interest in Latin and its daughter languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133160933X
• ISBN 13: 9781331609339
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 629
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