Dynamics of morphological productivity : the evolution of noun classes from Latin to Italian / by Francesco Gardani ; with a foreword by Wolfgang U. Dressler and Michele Loporcaro.

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Includes index.

In Dynamics of Morphological Productivity, Francesco Gardani explores the evolution of the productivity of the noun inflectional classes of Latin and Old Italian, providing a wealth of cleverly organized empirical facts, accompanied by brilliant and groundbreaking analyses.

List of Tables; List of Maps; Editorial Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations, Signs, and Conventions; Chapter One The Evolution of Morphology; 1.1 Setting the Goals; 1.2 Delimiting Time and Space; Chapter Two Productivity; 2.1 Natural Morphology; 2.2 The Core of Morphology; 2.3 Theory of Inflection; Chapter Three Measuring Productivity; 3.1 Dressler's Way; 3.2 Productivity Scale; 3.3 The Criteria; 3.3.1 Loanwords Integration; 3.3.2 Conversion; 3.3.3 Inflection Class Shift; Chapter Four Predicting Productivity Changes.

4.1 Universal, Type-Adequate, and Local Naturalness4.2 What Can We Predict?; 4.2.1 Naturalness and Productivity; 4.2.2 Emergence, Increase, Decrease, and Loss; 4.2.3 Nature and Scope of Productivity; Chapter Five Productivity of Noun Inflection in Latin; 5.1 Taxonomy of Latin Nominal Inflection; 5.1.1 Early Latin Declension; 5.1.2 Classical and Post-Classical Latin Declension; 5.1.3 Late Latin Declension; 5.1.4 Vulgar Latin Declension; 5.2 Loanwords in Latin; 5.2.1 Etruscanisms; 5.2.2 Graecisms; 5.2.3 Germanisms; 5.3 Conversion in Latin; 5.3.1 Establishing the Corpus.

5.3.2 Corpus of Conversions in Latin5.4 Class Shift in Latin; 5.4.1 Establishing the Corpus; 5.4.2 Corpus of Class Shift in Latin; Chapter Six Productivity of Noun Inflection in Old Italian; 6.1 Taxonomy of Old Italian Nominal Inflection; 6.2 Loanwords in Old Italian; 6.2.1 Germanisms; 6.2.2 Byzantinisms; 6.2.3 Arabisms; 6.2.4 Gallicisms; 6.3 Conversion in Old Italian; 6.3.1 Establishing the Corpus; 6.3.2 Corpus of Conversions in Old Italian; 6.4 Class Shift in Old Italian; 6.4.1 Establishing the Corpus; 6.4.2 Corpus of Class Shift in Old Italian; Chapter Seven Analysis.

7.1 Analysis of Noun Inflection Productivity in Latin7.1.1 Analysis of Criterion A; 7.1.2 Analysis of Criterion B; 7.1.3 Analysis of Criterion C; 7.1.4 Analysis of Criterion D1; 7.1.5 Analysis of Criterion D2; 7.1.6 A Synchronic and Diachronic Survey; 7.2 Analysis of Noun Inflection Productivity in Old Italian; 7.2.1 Analysis of Criterion A; 7.2.2 Analysis of Criterion B; 7.2.3 Analysis of Criterion C; 7.2.4 Analysis of Criterion D1; 7.2.5 Analysis of Criterion D2; 7.2.6 Synchronic and Diachronic Surveys; 7.3 Competing Motivations; Chapter Eight Behind the Scenes of Inflection.

8.1 The Naturalness of Productive Formatives8.2 How Many Genders?; 8.3 Poor or Rich?; 8.4 Conclusion: Productivity Driving the Shift; Appendix Chronology of Latin authors and Works; Editions of Primary Sources; References; Subject Index; Index of Languages; Index of Lexemes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-491) and indexes.

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