A Comparative Study of Romance

Jensen, Frede

ISBN 10: 0820442534 / ISBN 13: 9780820442532

Published by Peter Lang Publishing Incorporated, New York, 1999

About this Item

HARDCOVER. Peter Lang Publishing Incorporated, New York, 1999 First edition Octavo in English. xxvi, 446 pages. Original red paper on boards with medieval scene and white crest of Studies in Humanities 46 and white lettering to cover and spine. Two parts, selected bibliography and index at rear. Part one: Problems, Methods and Early History; Part two:Phonology. Very detailed table of contents. Book in as new condition. See photographs. Book 4672 location 3-5.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Comparative Study of Romance
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Incorporated, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820442534
• ISBN 13: 9780820442532
• Binding: Hardcover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 3.18W x 15.88H x 24.13D centimeters 3.18 centimeters width by 15.88 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 740 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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  • CLASSICAL/MEDIEVAL STUDIES
  • HISTORY

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Synopsis

In this study, a substantial introduction has been designed to familiarize the reader with the main characteristics of the philological discipline. Substantive sections have been devoted to Vulgar Latin as the parent tongue of the Romance languages, to the history of the discipline, and to the historical comparative method. This is followed by a sustained study of the sound changes that eventually lead from the relative unity of Vulgar Latin to the diversity of the Romance languages. Sound laws are clearly formulated and each rule is illustrated by examples. Factors that interfere with regular developments are discussed: analogies; learned Latinizing influence; borrowings; etc. The presentation of phonology is coupled with an important lexical dimension, which serves primarily to illustrate the fragmentation process that has shaped the vocabulary of each individual Romance language.

About the Author

The Author: Frede Jensen received his education in Europe (Copenhagen, Grenoble, Salamanca) and in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. from UCLA. He has taught at UCLA and the universities of Calgary and Colorado. He is widely published in journals and is the author of fourteen books. Some of his books include: From Vulgar Latin to Old Provençal; The Old Provençal Noun and Adjective Declension; The Earliest Portuguese Lyrics; The Syntax of Medieval Occitan; Old French and Comparative Gallo-Romance Syntax; Syntaxe de l'ancien occitan; and Troubadour Lyrics (Peter Lang, 1998).