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Exploring the Role of Morphology in the Evolution of Spanish (review)

Exploring the Role of Morphology in the Evolution of Spanish (review) 202ReviewsLa corónica 31.1, 2002 Rini,Joel. Exploring the Role of Morphology in the Evolution of Spanish. Amsterdam/Philadelphia:John Benjamins, 1999. Pp. xvi + 187. ISBN 1-55619-956-2 (US), ISBN 90-272-3685-2 (Europe). In his second book on Spanish historical linguistics, Rini takes on the ambitious task of proposing new solutions to old problems, something which has generally characterized his work. Here, his efforts are directed at finding new solutions to nine "unsolved mysteries of Spanish historical grammar" (xii), which are presented in Chapters 2-5 of this book. Chapter 2 deals with morphological change in (1) the retention of initial /o/ in dormir, morir, podrir vs. subir, cumplir, cubrir, (2) the tonic vowel in verbs such as Old Spanish ove to Modern Spanish hube, and (3) the intertonic vowel in verbs such as Old Spanish aperçebir to Modern Spanish apercibir. Chapter 3 presents three changes traditionally thought to be phonological, (4) /ee/ > /e/ vosotros and voseo imperatives, while Chapter 4 deals with a single topic also thought to be phonological, (7) the loss of the intervocalic /d/ in the vosotros in Old Spanish veer, (5) /ée/ > /éi/, as in Latin bovem > Old Spanish huee > Modern Spanish buey, and (6) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures La corónica: Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures & Culture

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202ReviewsLa corónica 31.1, 2002 Rini,Joel. Exploring the Role of Morphology in the Evolution of Spanish. Amsterdam/Philadelphia:John Benjamins, 1999. Pp. xvi + 187. ISBN 1-55619-956-2 (US), ISBN 90-272-3685-2 (Europe). In his second book on Spanish historical linguistics, Rini takes on the ambitious task of proposing new solutions to old problems, something which has generally characterized his work. Here, his efforts are directed at finding new solutions to nine "unsolved mysteries of Spanish historical grammar" (xii), which are presented in Chapters 2-5 of this book. Chapter 2 deals with morphological change in (1) the retention of initial /o/ in dormir, morir, podrir vs. subir, cumplir, cubrir, (2) the tonic vowel in verbs such as Old Spanish ove to Modern Spanish hube, and (3) the intertonic vowel in verbs such as Old Spanish aperçebir to Modern Spanish apercibir. Chapter 3 presents three changes traditionally thought to be phonological, (4) /ee/ > /e/ vosotros and voseo imperatives, while Chapter 4 deals with a single topic also thought to be phonological, (7) the loss of the intervocalic /d/ in the vosotros in Old Spanish veer, (5) /ée/ > /éi/, as in Latin bovem > Old Spanish huee > Modern Spanish buey, and (6)

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