The Development of Latin Post-Tonic /Cr/ Clusters in Select Northern Italian Dialects

Jeff Kilpatrick

ISBN 10: 1433116677 / ISBN 13: 9781433116674

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2012, 2012

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Neuware -The Development of Latin Post-Tonic /Cr/ Clusters in Select Northern Italian Dialects offers an explanation of the disparate outcomes of similar consonant clusters within several related Northern Italian dialects through application of optimality theory and frequency effects. It features a new approach to previously underrepresented phenomena in Italian dialectology in that it combines previously separated changes into one single theory. This volume is particularly useful for scholars within the fields of Romance languages and linguistics as well as for advanced students of the Italian language with an interest in dialects or advanced students of linguistics specializing in Romance languages or Italian.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Development of Latin Post-Tonic /Cr/ Clusters in Select Northern Italian Dialects
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433116677
• ISBN 13: 9781433116674
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 155H x 11D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 328 grams

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Synopsis

The Development of Latin Post-Tonic /Cr/ Clusters in Select Northern Italian Dialects offers an explanation of the disparate outcomes of similar consonant clusters within several related Northern Italian dialects through application of optimality theory and frequency effects. It features a new approach to previously underrepresented phenomena in Italian dialectology in that it combines previously separated changes into one single theory. This volume is particularly useful for scholars within the fields of Romance languages and linguistics as well as for advanced students of the Italian language with an interest in dialects or advanced students of linguistics specializing in Romance languages or Italian.

About the Author

Jeff Kilpatrick is an instructor of Italian at the University of Georgia. He earned his PhD in historical linguistics with a specialization in Italian dialects.