Analyticity and Syntheticity: A Diachronic Perspective with Special Reference to Romance Languages

Armin Schwegler

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Analyticity and Syntheticity

A Diachronic Perspective with Special Reference to Romance Languages

Armin Schwegler

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1990

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Volume 6 | Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xi
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Chapter one. History of the terms “analytic” and “synthetic” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Chapter two. Word delimitation: in search of a universal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
Chapter three. Fishing out the baby: The usefulness of the terms analyticity/syntheticity in diachronic description Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
Chapter four. The verbal core from Latin to French: Part 1: The marking of person/number: from synthetic to analytic? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Chapter five. The verbal core from Latin to French: Part 2: Periphrastic cantare habeo, habeo cantatum, and je vais chanter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
Chapter six. Synthesis in non-contiguous elements: predicate negation in Romance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Chapter seven. On drift, cyclicity, reconstruction, and the motives for changes in the analytic/synthetic spectrum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291

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9783110872927

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December 1, 1990

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110112450

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16

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290

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110872927

eBook ISBN: 9783110872927

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Keywords for this book

Romanische Sprachen; Sprachwandel; Analytischer Sprachbau; Synthetischer Sprachbau

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