The Romance reflexes of the Latin infixes -I/ESC- and -IDI-

restructuring and remodeling processes

The Romance reflexes of the Latin infixes -I/ ...
Claire Meul, Claire Meul
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The Romance reflexes of the Latin infixes -I/ESC- and -IDI-

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Table of Contents

Introduction.
Setting and main goals of the research ;
Methodological design : data, methods and outline of the book ;
Theoretical outline of the research;
Descriptive dimension : inflectional vs. derivational morphology, and the concepts of '(de)grammaticalization' and 'morphome';
Historical dimension : the role of analogy;
Comparative dimension : inter-morphological and cross-linguistic comparison from a historical perspective;
Sociolinguistic dimension ;
Terminological note : the label 'infix' --
Morphological structure of the verb in Latin and Late Latin / Proto-Romance transformations. -- Introduction ;
Synopsis of the morphological structure of the verb in Classical Latin;
Features of Latin verbal inflection:
Infectum vs. perfectum and the four-part distinction between conjugation classes:
Nasal infixation and its correlation with the infectum-perfectum Opposition:
Some remarks on the "third stem" and related theoretical issues : the past participle, the future participle and the supine:
Summary and flaws of the traditional description of the Latin verb System;
Features of Latin verbal derivation:
Verbal prefixation:
Verbal suffixation:
Summary and connection with derivational -I/ESC- and -IDI- ;
Late Latin / Proto-Romance restructurings of verbal inflection;
Trans-paradigmatic (conjugational) shifts and the 'merger' of conjugations II and III;
Fundamental 'systemic' reorganizations:
Replacement of inflectional endings and 'cross-conjugational syncretism':
Periphrastic verb forms : the future, the preterit, and the passive:
Elimination, reassignment, and creation of inflectional series;
Summary and reconsideration of -I/ESC- and -IDI- --
History of the infixes -I/ESC- and -IDI-. -- Introduction ;
Historical origins of the infix -I/ESC-;
Formal and semantic properties of the infix -I/ESC- in Indo-European and Latin;
Proto-Romance developments of the infix -I/ESC-:
Trans-paradigmatic shift:
Intra-paradigmatic restructuring and concomitant semantic bleaching ;
Historical origins of the infix -IDI-;
Formal and semantic properties of the infix -IDI- in Greek and Latin;
Proto-Romance developments of the infix -IDI- : functional 'split' and intra-paradigmatic reorganization ;
Conclusion --
The evolution of the infix -I/ESC- in Romance : focus on morphological configurations. -- Introduction ;
"Patterned" distributions of the infix;
The distribution of the infix at the intersection between "N-" and "L-"pattern;
Was there a patterned infix-distribution in Proto-Romance? ;
"Non-patterned" distributions of the infix;
The distribution of the infix in Standard French;
The occurrence of the infix in the future and the conditional : Corsican, Friulian, Ticinese and Lombard;
Further expansion of the infix : the intra-paradigmatic distribution of the infix in two Francoprovengal varieties and in Southern Italian (Lucanian) ;
A bridge towards the lexicon: the 'instability' of non-infixed fourth conjugation verbs ;
Conclusion and synthesis of the results --
First conjugation infixation in Romance : general findings. -- Introduction ;
Geo-Iinguistic spread and general lexical characteristics of Romance first conjugation infixation;
First conjugation infixation in Romanian:
Summary : general features of first conjugation infixation in Romanian;
First conjugation infixation in Istrian andVegliot:
Summary : general features of first conjugation infixation in Istrian and Vegliot;
First conjugation infixation in Northern Italian and Rhaeto-Romance (Dolomitic Ladin, Friulian) varieties:
Summary : general features of first conjugation infixation in Northern Italian and Rhaeto-Romance (Dolomitic Ladin, Friulian) varieties;
First conjugation infixation in Central and Southern Italian varieties:
Summary : general features of first conjugation infixation in Central and Southern Italian varieties;
First conjugation infixation in Gallo-Romance varieties:
Summary : general features of first conjugation infixation in Gallo-Romance varieties;
First conjugation infixation in Swiss Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh):
Summary : general features of first conjugation infixation in Swiss Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh) ;
Some considerations on the intra-paradigmatic constellation of the infix -IDI- and comparison with the infix -I/ESC- ;
Conclusion --
The fate of -IDI- in Dolomitic Ladin : quantitative analysis of the lexical spread of the infix. -- General introduction ;
Dictionary analysis of first conjugation infixation in Badiotto (Central Dolomitic Ladin); -- Introduction;
Results of the analysis:
Infixation vs. the morpho-prosodic structure of the verb root:
Tentative conclusions:
Infixation vs. etymology:
General conclusion : intra-linguistic 'triggers' of first conjugation infixation in Badiotto ;
First conjugation infixation in Dolomitic Ladin : Statistical analysis of fieldwork data; -- Introduction;
Methodological aspects of the research;
The lexical distribution of the infix in Dolomitic Ladin : some general considerations;
Basic quantitative results of the research;
Some sociolinguistic variables and their impact on first conjugation infixation in Dolomitic Ladin:
The relation between the age group to which the informants belong and infixation:
The relation between the 'Ladin competences' of the informants and infixation:
The relation between genderof the informants and infixation;
Geo-Iinguistic variables and their impact on first conjugation infixation in Central Dolomitic Ladin:
The relation between macro-dialectal differentiation and infixation:
The relation between micro-dialectal differentiation and infixation;
Conclusion and comparison with the impact of intra-linguistic variables on first conjugation infixation in Dolomitic Ladin --
Conclusions.
Organization of the chapter ;
The fate of -I/ESC- and -IDI- in Romance : balance;
Functional and evolutionary similarities between -I/ESC- and -IDI-:
Morphological 'split' in the diachronic evolution of the two infixes:
The produetivity of the infixed conjugation sub-classes in Romance:
Reluctance of 'base verbs' to inflectional infixation in Romance:
The shortcomings of a semantic-aspectual delimitation of the infixed sub-classes in Romance:
The 'appeal' of the rhizotonic forms on the intra-paradigmatic restrueturing of the infixes in Romance;
Functional and evolutionary divergences between -I/ESC- and -IDI-:
Derivational produetivity of the infixes in Latin:
Intra-paradigmatic configuration of the infixes in Latin:
'Areal resonance' of the inflectional and derivational application of the infixes in Romance:
Principles of lexical spread of the infixes in Romance:
'Patterning'of the infixes in Romance ;
Explanatory and predictive factors: towards an integrative frame;
'Triggers' and 'blockers' of the lexical distribution of first conjugation infixation:
General profiles of the lexical spread of first conjugation infixation:
Detailed profile of the lexical spread of first conjugation infixation in Dolomitic Ladin;
'Predictors' of intra-paradigmatic //Esc-constellations ;
Some theoretical perspectives;
Degrammaticalization vs. functionality of inflectional infixation;
The struggle between the presumed 'unidirectionality' of linguistic change and the 'freedom' of the Speaker;
Macro-structural/patterned analogy : initiation vs. propagation of a change ;
Some directions for further research;
Dialectological and sociolinguistic research;
The examination of synchronic stages between diachronic endpoints ;
Concluding remark ---- References-- List of tables-- List of figures-- List of maps.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Hamburg
Series
Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiheft -- 20, Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart -- 20.

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Library of Congress
PC103 .M48 2013

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xiv, 326 p.
Number of pages
326

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Open Library
OL44658631M
ISBN 10
3875486366
ISBN 13
9783875486360
OCLC/WorldCat
828478603

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