Theoretical Analyses in Romance Linguistics: Selected papers from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages XIX, Ohio State University, April 21–23, 1989(74 Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)

This nineteenth edition of LSRL proceedings contains a selection of papers on variety of Romance idioms and includes current topics in established areas of study. The phonology papers focus mostly on syllabic and higher-level prosodic structure. The morphology section deals primarily with compounding. The syntax contributions principally treat infinitival clauses, extraction phenomena, and binding. While synchronic data serve as the point of departure in most of the studies, historical perspectives are also considered in each major section. Included in the volume are two invited contributions, by Violeta Demonte (on linking and case with prepositional verbs) and Shana Poplack (on variation in the form and function of the subjunctive in Canadian French).

Table of Contents:
1. Preface; 2. 1: Phonology; 3. More than Coda Conditions in Italian phonology (by Nikiema, Emmanuel); 4. The representation of rising diphthongs in Spanish (by Carreira, Maria M.); 5. Uncovering French syllable structure with Verlan (by Weinberger, Steven H.); 6. The interaction between the evolution of syllable structure and foot structure in the evolution from Classical Latin to Old French (by Jacobs, Haike); 7. Stress clash and segment deletion (by Mazzola, Michael L.); 8. Metaphony and count/mass morphology in Asturian and Cantabrian dialects (by Hualde, Jose Ignacio); 9. An underspecification analysis of two French vowel systems (by Montreuil, Jean-Pierre Y.); 10. 2: Morphology; 11. Headship assignment in Spanish compounds (by Nunez-Cedeno, Rafael); 12. Lexical category hierarchy and "head of compound" in Spanish (by Clements, J. Clancy); 13. Morphological heads, French "compounding" and Germanic "prefixation" (by Zwanenburg, Wiecher); 14. Compound word formation in French: Onde hundred years later (by Picone, Michael D.); 15. Recycling words (by Barbaud, Philippe E.); 16. Verbal and adjectival participles in Spanish (by Varela, Soledad); 17. The inherent variability of the French Subjunctive (by Poplack, Shana); 18. 3: Syntax and Semantics; 19. The lack of infinitival clauses in Salentino: A synchronic analysis (by Calabrese, Andrea); 20. Infinitives with specified subjects in Sardinian (by Jones, Michael Allan); 21. Inverted conjugations and V-second effects in Romance (by Lema, Jose); 22. An adjunct extraction paradox in Spanish (by Kempchinsky, Paula); 23. Extensions of R-binding (by Zaring, Laurie); 24. French inalienable binding (by Herschensohn, Julia); 25. Tense-binding and construal of present tense (by Zagona, Karen); 26. On the morphology of reflexives and impersonals (by Burzio, Luigi); 27. Linking and case: The case of prepositional verbs (by Demonte, Violeta); 28. Focus constructions in Catalan (by Vallduvi, Enric); 29. The Gascon enunciative as syntactic solution (by Joseph, John E.); 30. Index of Language and Language Families; 31. Index of Names; 32. Index of Concepts