“STELELE ŞI LALELELE”: ESSAY OF MICROMONOGRAPHY OF A ROMANIAN INFLECTIONAL CLASS (I) Cover Image

“STELELE ȘI LALELELE”: SAGGIO DI MICROMONOGRAFIA STORICO DESCRITTIVA DI UNA CLASSE FLESSIVA DELLA LINGUA ROMENA (I)
“STELELE ŞI LALELELE”: ESSAY OF MICROMONOGRAPHY OF A ROMANIAN INFLECTIONAL CLASS (I)

Author(s): Roberto Merlo
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Romanian Literature
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Nominal Morphology; Romance Plural; Romanian Language; Inflectional Morphology; Romance Morphology;

Summary/Abstract: “Stelele şi lalelele”: Essay of Micromonography of a Romanian Inflectional Class (I). This article is the first of a three-part study aimed at reconstructing the origin and the history of a sub-class of nouns that, from a Romance perspective, has been considered a distinctive feature of Romanian, as well as at bringing into discussion its current status. The object of the study is the sub-class of f nouns ending in the sg NA in stressed vowel, and with pl in -le. In this first part, the author lays out the matter, illustrating the distinctiveness of the morpheme f pl le with respect to Romance pl endings and describing the morphological traits of this class in contemporary Romanian as “radical theme” nouns, i.e. f nouns lacking a specific morpheme for sg NA (f√ ø). In preparation to the following two parts of the study, the author discusses here the Latin origin of f√ ø in Common Romanian, identifying the members of the sub-class directly inherited from Latin.

  • Issue Year: 65/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 261-280
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Italian
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