In the name of Allah the Merciful

The Oxford History of Romanian Morphology

by Martin Maiden, Adina Dragomirescu, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan, Oana U tă, Rodica Zafiu, B0916FN4F6, 0198829485, 0192564919, 9780198829485, 9780192564917, 978-0198829485, 978-0192564917, 978–0–19–882948–5

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English | 2021 | PDF | 5 MB | 542 Pages

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This  book offers the first comprehensive account of the development of the  Romanian morphological system. Romanian is one of the most  morphologically complex Romance languages, but has remained relatively  understudied compared with better-known languages such as French and  Spanish. Following an introduction that provides an outline of the  history of Romanian, its writing system and major typological  characteristics, and the major patterns of allomorphy, chapters in this  volume explore a range of fascinatingly complex aspects of Romanian  grammar whose structure and history have to date been largely  inaccessible to the English-speaking world. Among the most distinctive  morphological characteristics of Romanian discussed by the authors are  its inflexional case system; the highly unpredictable formation of the  plural; the existence of a non-finite verb form that appears to be the  continuation of the Latin supine; the near-absence of distinctive  subjunctive morphology; and the complex patterns of allomorphy brought  about by successive sound change. The frequently controversial origins  of many of these developments have important implications for broader  historical Romance linguistics and indeed for morphological theory more  generally.