A rich and long literary tradition (dating back as early as the late
13th century), coupled with an abundance of diachronic and synchronic
variation, affords Neapolitan a privileged position amongst the
Romance languages, offering the Romance linguist a rare opportunity to
explore the structural evolution of one of the lesser known Romance
varieties. Yet, while evidence from other Romance languages and
dialects has had a profound influence on the development of
theoretical issues relating to language structure, variation and
change, references to Neapolitan are conspicuous by their absence,
simply because the relevant facts are not widely known or have not
been analysed in sufficient detail for their theoretical significance
to be assessed. As a consequence, the potential significance of
Neapolitan for both Romance linguistics and linguistic theory in
general has been largely overlooked in the literature. The present
volume aims to rectify this situation by providing an extensive
documentation and in-depth diachronic description of Neapolitan
phonology, morphology and syntax which is comprehensive enough to
qualify as a reference grammar but which is formulated within a
conceptual frame-work which allows individual facts to be studied as
part of a coherent system and compared with other Romance languages.
In this respect, the results of the investigations offer a valuable
insight into the little studied structure of Neapolitan, while making
a significant contribution towards cataloguing the linguistic typology
of dialects within the Italian peninsula and, at the same time,
bridging the gap between the familiar data of standard Romance and
those of lesser known Romance varieties.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783484971288
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Irsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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