Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction

Introduction 1. The evolution of stressed vowels 2. Early changes in syllable structure and consonants 3. Consonant weakening and strengthening 4. New palatal consonants 5. More about vowels: raising, yod effects, and nasalization 6. Verb morphology: the present indicative 7. Verb morphology: systemic reorganization 8. Noun and adjective morphology 9. History and structure of Portuguese: an overview 10. History and structure of Romanian: an overview 11. Formation of the Romance lexicon 12. Emergence of the Romance vernaculars Suggestions for further reading Works cited Index of topics.