Rodney Sampson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592385 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rodney Sampson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rodney |
| FAMILY NAME | Sampson |
| SIGNATURE | SAMPSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vowel prosthesis in Romance
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.
Vowel Prosthesis in Romance
1. Introduction 2. Categories of Prosthesis in Romance 3. The Latin Background 4. I-prosthesis 5. A-prosthesis 6. U-prosthesis 7. Conclusions
The Latin Background
L'Éclaircissement de la langue française (1530)
John Palsgrave: Traduction et notes de Susan Baddeley. Paris, Champion. 2003. 775 pp. Hb €118.00. Published in 1530 after some eighteen years of preparation, Palsgrave's L'Éclaircissement (or, in the original text, Lesclarcissement) represents the first systematic attempt to compose a grammar of French. It is a monumental work of over 1000 pages intended for English people wishing to acquire a more detailed knowledge of the French language than c…
Frédéric Godefroy
Textes réunis et présentés par Frédéric Duval. Paris, École des chartes, 2003. 455 pp. Pb €30.00. The present work offers a further attractive addition to recent evaluations of notable French nineteenth-century linguists (cf. the various papers on Paul Meyer and Gaston Paris in the Monfrin recueil (2001), FS, lviii (2004), 152–53, and the in-depth assessment of Gaston Paris in Revue des Langues Romanes, 106 (2002), pt 1). However, as the twenty-f…
Henri Estienne and Vowel Prosthesis
Amongst the numerous Italianisms entering French in the sixteenth century, the items whose corresponding form in standard Italian contained the initial consonant sequence s + consonant are of special interest. In French, such words typically emerged with the addition of a ‘prosthetic’ vowel, as in estramaçon but standard Italian stramazzone . However, somewhat unexpectedly, in the two Dialogues of Henri Estienne (1578) where Italianizing manners …
Subphonemic length variation in Italian consonants
On the History of Final Vowels from Latin to Old French
Stress in English N + N phrases
Stress in English N + N phrases
Henri Estienne and Vowel Prosthesis
Amongst the numerous Italianisms entering French in the sixteenth century, the items whose corresponding form in standard Italian contained the initial consonant sequence s + consonant are of special interest. In French, such words typically emerged with the addition of a ‘prosthetic’ vowel, as in estramaçon but standard Italian stramazzone . However, somewhat unexpectedly, in the two Dialogues of Henri Estienne (1578) where Italianizing manners …
On the History of Final Vowels from Latin to Old French
Stress in English N + N phrases
Subphonemic length variation in Italian consonants
Henri Estienne and Vowel Prosthesis
Amongst the numerous Italianisms entering French in the sixteenth century, the items whose corresponding form in standard Italian contained the initial consonant sequence s + consonant are of special interest. In French, such words typically emerged with the addition of a ‘prosthetic’ vowel, as in estramaçon but standard Italian stramazzone . However, somewhat unexpectedly, in the two Dialogues of Henri Estienne (1578) where Italianizing manners …
L'Éclaircissement de la langue française (1530)
John Palsgrave: Traduction et notes de Susan Baddeley. Paris, Champion. 2003. 775 pp. Hb €118.00. Published in 1530 after some eighteen years of preparation, Palsgrave's L'Éclaircissement (or, in the original text, Lesclarcissement) represents the first systematic attempt to compose a grammar of French. It is a monumental work of over 1000 pages intended for English people wishing to acquire a more detailed knowledge of the French language than c…
Frédéric Godefroy
Textes réunis et présentés par Frédéric Duval. Paris, École des chartes, 2003. 455 pp. Pb €30.00. The present work offers a further attractive addition to recent evaluations of notable French nineteenth-century linguists (cf. the various papers on Paul Meyer and Gaston Paris in the Monfrin recueil (2001), FS, lviii (2004), 152–53, and the in-depth assessment of Gaston Paris in Revue des Langues Romanes, 106 (2002), pt 1). However, as the twenty-f…
Vowel Prosthesis in Romance
1. Introduction 2. Categories of Prosthesis in Romance 3. The Latin Background 4. I-prosthesis 5. A-prosthesis 6. U-prosthesis 7. Conclusions
The Latin Background
Vowel prosthesis in Romance
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.
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