TY - BOOK ID - 56748153 TI - Research on old French : the State of the Art PY - 2013 SN - 9789400747678 9789400747685 9400747675 9400747683 9401782156 1283742144 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Old French language KW - French language KW - Grammar, Comparative and general. KW - Romance languages. KW - Linguistics. KW - Syntax. KW - Romance Languages. KW - Historical Linguistics. KW - Linguistic science KW - Science of language KW - Language and languages KW - Neo-Latin languages KW - Italic languages and dialects KW - Comparative grammar KW - Grammar KW - Grammar, Philosophical KW - Grammar, Universal KW - Philosophical grammar KW - Linguistics KW - Philology KW - Grammar, Comparative KW - Historical linguistics. KW - Diachronic linguistics KW - Dynamic linguistics KW - Evolutionary linguistics KW - Language and history KW - History KW - France KW - Languages. KW - Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax KW - Syntax KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56748153 AB - The present volume presents scholarly study into Old French as it is practiced today, in all of its forms, within a variety of theoretical frameworks, from Optimality Theory to Minimalism to Discourse Analysis.  Many of the chapters are corpus-based, reflecting a new trend in the field, as more electronic corpora become available. The chapters contribute to our understanding of both the synchronic state and diachronic evolution, not only of Old French, but of language in general. Its breadth is extensive in that contributors pursue research on a wide variety of topics in Old French focusing on the various subsystems of language. All examples are carefully glossed and the relevant characteristics of Old French are clearly explained, which makes it uniquely accessible to non-specialists and linguists at all levels of training. ER -