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Studies in honor of A. Marshall Elliott (Volume I)

Studies in honor of A. Marshall Elliott (Volume I)

A Marshall Elliott

Paperback

Foreign Language GeneralLinguisticsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 935360608X
ISBN13: 9789353606084
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the dawn of modern linguistics, a small circle of scholars transformed how Romance languages were studied. These pages honour a pioneer. Studies in Honor of A. Marshall Elliott (Volume I) gathers a rich range of romance philology essays written by his students and colleagues, forming a scholarly festschrift volume that captures the energy and precision of late 19th century philology. Focused on European Romance language studies and comparative Romance grammar, the essays trace sound change, morphology, and syntax with a rigour that shaped subsequent romance languages scholarship. The result is an academic linguistics collection that still speaks to questions at the heart of historical linguistics studies: how languages evolve, diverge, and illuminate the cultures that use them. Long regarded as a classic Romance linguistics text and a reliable reference for philologists, it remains invaluable for graduate linguistics research and for readers curious about the foundations of modern language science. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, Studies in Honor of A. Marshall Elliott stands as a historical philology classic collection, inviting both specialists and curious general readers into the workshop of early scientific linguistics. Restored for today's and future generations, it offers a window onto the methods, debates, and ideals that shaped modern Romance studies. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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