Chapter 14. Studying Ibero-Romance before 1200
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Roger Wright
Abstract
Those who wish to study the semantic, morphological or syntactic development of some aspect of Old Spanish need to include in their investigations data from before 1200. The history of Latin in the Iberian Peninsula, before the so-called “Twelfth-century Renaissance”, was similar to that of any other literate living language; most texts (including legal texts) were in the written mode of the native language, despite aiming for traditional orthography, and thus they can be used, with care, as material for the study of the spoken language of their time.
Abstract
Those who wish to study the semantic, morphological or syntactic development of some aspect of Old Spanish need to include in their investigations data from before 1200. The history of Latin in the Iberian Peninsula, before the so-called “Twelfth-century Renaissance”, was similar to that of any other literate living language; most texts (including legal texts) were in the written mode of the native language, despite aiming for traditional orthography, and thus they can be used, with care, as material for the study of the spoken language of their time.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Some introductory reflections 1
- Chapter 2. Velar allomorphy in Ibero-Romance 13
- Chapter 3. The history of concatenative compounds in Spanish 47
- Chapter 4. Intersubjectification and textual emphasis in the use of definite article + proper name in Spanish 75
- Chapter 5. Stylistic fronting in Old Spanish texts 99
- Chapter 6. The dative experiencer of Spanish gustar 123
- Chapter 7. Postverbal subjects of unaccusative verbs in the history of Portuguese 149
- Chapter 8. On the position of overt subjects in infinitival clauses in Spanish and Portuguese 173
- Chapter 9. Allative to purposive grammaticalisation 195
- Chapter 10. Recurrent processes in the evolution of concessive subordinators in Spanish and Catalan 223
- Chapter 11. Si as a Q-particle in Old Spanish 249
- Chapter 12. Realmente , verdaderamente and ciertamente 275
- Chapter 13. Variation and the use of discourse markers in 16th-century Spanish 303
- Chapter 14. Studying Ibero-Romance before 1200 325
- Index 337
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Some introductory reflections 1
- Chapter 2. Velar allomorphy in Ibero-Romance 13
- Chapter 3. The history of concatenative compounds in Spanish 47
- Chapter 4. Intersubjectification and textual emphasis in the use of definite article + proper name in Spanish 75
- Chapter 5. Stylistic fronting in Old Spanish texts 99
- Chapter 6. The dative experiencer of Spanish gustar 123
- Chapter 7. Postverbal subjects of unaccusative verbs in the history of Portuguese 149
- Chapter 8. On the position of overt subjects in infinitival clauses in Spanish and Portuguese 173
- Chapter 9. Allative to purposive grammaticalisation 195
- Chapter 10. Recurrent processes in the evolution of concessive subordinators in Spanish and Catalan 223
- Chapter 11. Si as a Q-particle in Old Spanish 249
- Chapter 12. Realmente , verdaderamente and ciertamente 275
- Chapter 13. Variation and the use of discourse markers in 16th-century Spanish 303
- Chapter 14. Studying Ibero-Romance before 1200 325
- Index 337
