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Conference Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages.

Title New perspectives on Romance linguistics. Volume I, Morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics : selected papers from the 35th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Austin, Texas, February 2005 / edited by Chiyo Nishida, Jean-Pierre Y. Montreuil.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 275
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 275. 0304-0763
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents New Perspectives on Romance Linguistics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; A POLARITY-SENSITIVE DISJUNCTION; TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT ROMANCE VN COMPOUNDS; BEYOND DESCRIPTIVISM; DO SUBJECTS HAVE A PLACE IN SPANISH?; ON THE CONCEPTUAL ROLE OF NUMBER; THE DIACHRONIC DEVELOPMENT OF A FRENCH INDEFINITE PRONOUN; A SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN DE-VERBAL NOUNS; V-N COMPOUNDS IN ITALIAN; A REINTERPRETATION OF QUIRKY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA IN SPANISH; COGNITIVE CONSTRAINTS ON ASSERTION SCOPE; AVANT QUE- OR AVANT DE-CLAUSES.
Summary This is the first of two volumes emanating from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held at the University of Texas at Austin in February 2005. It features the keynote address delivered by Denis Bouchard on exaptation and linguistic explanation, as well as seventeen contributions by emerging and internationally recognized scholars of Spanish, French, Italian, as well as Rumanian. While the emphasis bears on formal analyses, the coverage is remarkably broad, as topics range from morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and language acquisition. Each article seeks to represent a new p.
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Subject Romance languages -- Congresses.
Romance languages.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Nishida, Chiyo.
Montreuil, Jean-Pierre.
Other Form: Print version: Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages. New perspectives on Romance linguistics. Volume I, Morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2006 9027247897 9789027247896 (DLC) 2006045892 (OCoLC)69672042
ISBN 9789027293398 (electronic book)
9027293392 (electronic book)