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8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xiii - 344 pp. Part of the series, Foundations of Linguistics. Contents: Preface, Introduction, Romance Languages and Their Distribution, Latin in Early Italy, Spread and Differentiation of Latin, Post-Latin ("Superstratum") Languages, Rise of Romance Standard Languages, Humanistic Influences and Cultural Interchanges, Purism and Academicism, Changes in Social Structure, Changes in Channels of Communication, History of Romance Linguistics, References, Index. Author was Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University. Footnotes, Reference section is quite extensive at 80 pages in length. Maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Minor rubbing, bit of soiling on boards, minor foxing on text block edges; binding sturdy, text pages clean.
Title: External History of the Romance Languages, Comparative Romance Grammar
Categories: History,
Publisher: New York, American Elsevier Publishing Company.: 1974
ISBN Number: 0444001360
ISBN Number 13: 9780444001368
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Seller ID: 27353
Keywords: Linguistics; Languages; Latin; History; Grammar; Catalan-Valencian; Dialects; English; German; French; Italian; Lexicon; Phonology; Provencal;