Manual of Classification and Typology of the Romance Languages

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research on classification models and the typology of the Romance languages. It combines language area surveys with a selection of relevant structural issues, conveying theoretical foundations and research methods as well as topics in language contact and the variational typology of Romance languages.The typological accounts consider a wide range of theoretical frameworks and approaches, relating key features of the Romance language family and its subgroups to the major tendencies found across the world’s languages. The authors of the 27 chapters are specialists in their respective fields offering substantive and balanced accounts of the wider research context.The combination of perspectives from comparative Romance linguistics and typological linguistics within the multidisciplinary coverage of issues in classification, structural typology, language contact and variation makes this Manual of Romance Linguistics an essential guide to current research trends in those fields. It is written for both scholars and students of Romance linguistics and everyone interested in comparative and typological linguistics. La collection Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) a l’ambition de présenter un panorama d’ensemble de la linguistique romane tenant compte des derniers acquis de la recherche. Elle comprendra une soixantaine de volumes qui pourront être utilisés séparément tout en offrant dans leur totalité une bonne approche globale de l’éventail actuel de la linguistique romane. L’accent sera mis en particulier sur les linguae minores auxquelles les deux grands ouvrages de références de la discipline, le «Dictionnaire de la linguistique romane» (Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik, 1988–2005) et l’«Histoire des langues romanes» (Romanische Sprachgeschichte, 2003–2008), n’avaient pu, pour des raisons bien compréhensibles, accorder qu’une place relativement restreinte. La serie Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) se propone ofrecer una visión completa y actualizada de la lingüística románica. Esta serie se compone de alrededor de 60 volúmenes autónomos. Cada volumen puede usarse de manera independiente, pero tomados todos en su conjunto ofrecen una visión del espectro actual de la lingüística románica. Una atención especial se presta en esta ocasión a las linguae minores, a las que inevitablemente se dedicó menos espacio en las dos anteriores grandes obras de la disciplina, el Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik (1988–2005) y la Romanische Sprachgeschichte (2003–2008). La collana Manuals of Romance Linguistics (MRL) si propone di offrire un aggiornamento sistematico sui più recenti sviluppi degli studi di linguistica romanza. I ca. 60 volumi di cui si compone sono a sé stanti e consultabili singolarmente, e tuttavia, se usati complessivamente, permettono una visione d’insieme dell’attuale spettro di ricerca nella linguistica romanza. Uno degli accenti più rilevanti è l’attenzione per le cosiddette linguae minores, alle quali, per forza di cose, è stato concesso poco spazio nelle due grandi opere della disciplina, il Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik (1988–2005) e la Romanische Sprachgeschichte (2003–2008). A full list of volumes published or to appear shortly can be found under the tab "Bände". Further volumes in planning: Manuel de linguistique roumaine, edited by Wolfgang Dahmen and Eugen Munteanu, vol. 9 Manual of Galician Linguistics, edited by Xulio Sousa and Ernesto González Seoane, vol. 19 Manuel des langues créoles à base française, edited by Philipp Krämer, Katrin Mutz, and Peter Stein Manual of Romance Morphology and Word Formation, edited by Philipp Burdy, Sarah Dessì Schmid, and Daniela Marzo Manual of Classification and Typology of the Romance Languages, edited by Matthias Heinz, Lorenzo Filipponio, and Marc-Olivier Hinzelin Manuel de linguistique corse, edited by Stella Retali-Medori Manuel d’étymologie lexicale romane, edited by Éva Buchi Manual of Discourse Markers in Romance, edited by Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and Jacqueline Visconti Manuel de linguistique occitane, edited by Louise Esher and Jean Sibille Manual de lingüística asturiana, edited by Ana Maria Cano González Manual of Romance Forensic Linguistics, edited by Victoria Guillén-Nieto and Dieter Stein Manual of Romance Word Classes, edited by Anna-Maria De Cesare and Giampaolo Salvi