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In Dynamics of Morphological Productivity , Francesco Gardani explores the evolution of the productivity of the noun inflectional classes of Latin and Old Italian, covering a span of almost 2,000 years – an absolute novelty for the theory of diachrony and for Latin and Italo-Romance linguistics. By providing an original set of criteria for measuring productivity, based on the investigation of loanword integration, conversions, and class shift, Gardani provides a substantial contribution to the theory of inflection, as well as to the study of the morphological integration of loanwords. The result is a wealth of empirical facts, including data from the contact languages Etruscan, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Arabic, Byzantine Greek, Old French and Provençal, accompanied by brilliant and groundbreaking analyses.

Romance languages --- Latin language --- Italian language --- Productivity (Linguistics) --- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French --- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Romance Languages (Other) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Classical languages --- Italic languages and dialects --- Classical philology --- Latin philology --- Neo-Latin languages --- Morphology. --- Noun. --- Grammar, Historical. --- Influence on Romance.