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Romance Linguistics: Future Perfect or Future in the Past?

Romance Linguistics: Future Perfect or Future in the Past? ROMANCE LINGUISTICS: FUTURE PERFECT OR FUTURE IN THE PAST? John Charles Smith University of Oxford (St Catherine's College) Is Romance Linguistics on its death-bed as we begin the Third Millennium? At first sight, the evidence would argue not. The triennial international conference organized by the Société de Linguistique Romane goes from strength to strength, as do meetings with a narrower geographical focus, such as the annual Romance Linguistics Seminar held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (RLS), and the annual North American Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL). Large-scale publishing ventures, such as the ongoing Lexikon der romanistichen Linguistik and the forthcoming Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, also attest to a thriving area of research. The linguistic study of the Romance Languages, then, is in rude health. But is Romance Linguistics dying as a discipline? I shall suggest that, whilst there may be superficial grounds for disquiet, the appropriate mood is in fact one of quiet optimism. First of all, what is Romance Linguistics? This question is not as straightforward as it may sound. Romance Linguistics is, by definition, comparative: it involves, or at least is informed by, the study of more than one variety of Romance. The investigation 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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ROMANCE LINGUISTICS: FUTURE PERFECT OR FUTURE IN THE PAST? John Charles Smith University of Oxford (St Catherine's College) Is Romance Linguistics on its death-bed as we begin the Third Millennium? At first sight, the evidence would argue not. The triennial international conference organized by the Société de Linguistique Romane goes from strength to strength, as do meetings with a narrower geographical focus, such as the annual Romance Linguistics Seminar held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (RLS), and the annual North American Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL). Large-scale publishing ventures, such as the ongoing Lexikon der romanistichen Linguistik and the forthcoming Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, also attest to a thriving area of research. The linguistic study of the Romance Languages, then, is in rude health. But is Romance Linguistics dying as a discipline? I shall suggest that, whilst there may be superficial grounds for disquiet, the appropriate mood is in fact one of quiet optimism. First of all, what is Romance Linguistics? This question is not as straightforward as it may sound. Romance Linguistics is, by definition, comparative: it involves, or at least is informed by, the study of more than one variety of Romance. The investigation

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La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures – La corónica: Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures & Culture

Published: Apr 4, 2003

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