1st Edition

Linguistic History of Italian, A

By Martin Maiden Copyright 1995
318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

A Linguistic History of Italian offers a clear and concise explanation of why modern Italian grammar has become the way it is. It focuses on the effects of historical changes on the modern structure of Italian, revealing patterns and structures which are not always apparent to those who are only familiar with modern Italian. Although the book concentrates on the internal history of the language,... Read more
Preface
Abbreviations and symbols

1. Introduction
2. History of the sound system
3. Structural evolution of nouns, adjectives and verbs
4 History of sentence structure
5. Variation in modern Bibliography

Index

Biography

Martin Maiden