The romance verb : morphomic structure and diachrony / Martin Maiden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maiden, Martin, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romance languages--Verb.

Romance languages.

Romance languages--Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This is a comprehensive comparative-historical survey of patterns of alternation in the Romance verb that persist through time but have long ceased to be conditioned by any phonological or functional determinant. The work explores the status of these patterns and their persistence, self-replication, and reinforcement over time.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations, symbols, and other conventions

1 Introduction

2 Morphomic structures in synchrony and diachrony

3 The Romance languages and the Romance verb

4 PYTA and the remnants of the Latin perfective

5 The L-pattern and the U-pattern

6 The N-pattern

7 The Latin third stem and its survival in Romance

8 The western Romance future and conditional

9 Root allomorphy and conjugation class

10 New morphomic patterns from old

11 Morphomic patterns, suppletion, and the Romance morphological landscape

12 Origins, substance, and persistence of Romance morphomic patterns

Glosses of Latin verbs and verb prefixes cited in the text

References and bibliographical abbreviations

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-180037-6

0-19-105639-1