Diachronic divergences in West Iberian languages

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-127350-1
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie

This collected volume combines firmly-grounded theoretical perspectives with historical empirical data from different West Iberian languages (Portuguese, Galician, Asturleonese and Spanish) to deepen our understanding of linguistic divergence in typologically related languages. It is divided into four sections: nominal, verbal and clausal domains, negation and polarity. While varied in their theoretical approach, contributions all serve to examine different aspects of the overarching issue of divergence and how current theoretical frameworks help us understand what factors can account for the actuation changes in West Iberian languages. The book closes with a reflection on various findings about divergence(s), underscoring the importance of incorporating West Iberian languages in revisiting long-standing issues and broadening the empirical evidence available for ongoing research on linguistic theories of language change.

Zielgruppe

linguists, Romance language experts, language typologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delicado Cantero, Manuel

Tejedo-Herrero, Fernando

Amaral, Patrícia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Über Autor(innen)

Manuel Delicado Cantero, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Fernando Tejedo-Herrero, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; Patrícia Amaral, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA.