Vowel Length from Latin to Romance

Name: Vowel Length from Latin to Romance
Brand: OUP Oxford
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By Michele Loporcaro

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This book investigates the changes that affected vowel length during the development of Latin into the Romance languages and dialects. In Latin, vowel length was contrastive (e.g. pila 'ball' vs. pila 'pile', like English bit vs. beat), but no modern Romance language has retained that same contrast. However, many non-standard Romance dialects (as well as French, up to the early 20th century) have developed novel vowel length contrasts, which are investigated in detail here.

Product details

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

328

Release Date:

2015-08-25

Publication Date:

2015-07-30

Publisher:

OUP Oxford

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

019965655X

ISBN13:

9780199656554

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

658 g

Height:

161 cm

Width:

240 cm

Thickness:

22 cm

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