Vowel prosthesis in Romance
Subtitle: a diachronic study
By: Rodney Sampson
Series: Oxford linguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780199541157
Subjects: Romance languages; Vowels; History
Description: This text presents a comparative, historical account of vowel prosthesis in the Romance languages. The author describes in detail the formal characteristics, historical trajectory, and likely causes of the different types of prosthesis operating in Romance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.