| The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 2, Contexts Contributor(s): Maiden, Martin (Editor), Smith, John Charles (Editor), Ledgeway, Adam (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521800730 ISBN-13: 9780521800730 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $177.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Romance Languages (other) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 440.09 |
| LCCN: 2012047375 |
| Series: Cambridge History of the Romance Languages |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 553 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is the origin of the Romance languages and how did they evolve? When and how did they become different from Latin, and from each other? Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages offers fresh and original reflections on the principal questions and issues in the comparative external histories of the Romance languages. It is organised around the two key themes of influences and institutions, exploring the fundamental influence, of contact with and borrowing from, other languages (including Latin), and the cultural and institutional forces at work in the establishment of standard languages and norms of correctness. A perfect complement to the first volume, it offers an external history of the Romance languages combining data and theory to produce new and revealing perspectives on the shaping of the Romance languages. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, John Charles: - John Charles Smith is Faculty Lecturer in French Linguistics and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Romance Linguistics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford.Ledgeway, Adam: - Adam Ledgeway is Senior Lecturer in Romance Philology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.Maiden, Martin: - Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages and Director of the Research Centre for Romance Linguistics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. |
