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Gender from Latin to Romance : history, geography, typology /

This book explores grammatical gender in the Romance languages and dialects and its evolution from Latin. It outlines the significant diversity found in the Romance varieties in this regard and uses this variation to show that traditional accounts of the loss of neuter gender cannot be correct.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loporcaro, Michele (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 27.
Subjects:
Romance languages > Gender.
Latin language > Gender.
Romance languages > History.
Latin language > History.
Langues romanes > Genre.
Latin (Langue) > Genre.
Langues romanes > Histoire.
Latin (Langue) > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Latin language
Latin language > Gender
Romance languages
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book explores grammatical gender in the Romance languages and dialects and its evolution from Latin. It outlines the significant diversity found in the Romance varieties in this regard and uses this variation to show that traditional accounts of the loss of neuter gender cannot be correct.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191630514
0191630519
9780191848100
0191848107