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| berlinhammer Triglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6566 days ago 19 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1, French Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 1 of 12 16 September 2007 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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i speak french and am learning italian and Spanish. i would like to read up on how the languages relate and also find out more about others like portuguese and romanian, all i've managed to find so far by googling is a book by rebecca posner.
i was hoping someone could recommend some other titles or authors to track down on the subject. thanks. jon Edited by berlinhammer on 16 September 2007 at 6:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| breckes Triglot Groupie Belgium Joined 6800 days ago 84 posts - 89 votes  Speaks: French*, English, Russian Studies: Italian, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2 of 12 16 September 2007 at 6:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The site EuroComRom (in German) is dedicated to the seven Roman languages : French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan and Romansh. You can also download freely the book "Die sieben Siebe".
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6440 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 3 of 12 16 September 2007 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd recommend "The Loom of Languages". It has some good information, including the historical developments, sound shifts, and comparative tables.
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| joan.carles Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6334 days ago 332 posts - 342 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan*, French, EnglishC1, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Hungarian, Russian, Georgian | Message 4 of 12 20 September 2007 at 12:13am | IP Logged | |||||
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If you already can read Spanish, I recommend you the following book by Tagliavini:
Tagliavini, Carlo (1993), Orígenes de las lenguas neolatinas, Madrid: Fondo de Cultura Económico. 84-375-0357-4.(traducción de la 5ª edición italiana de 1969) Talks about the main branches of Romanic languages, including Romanian, Arumanian, Romantsch... Doing a quick search, I found it here Edited by joan.carles on 20 September 2007 at 12:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7157 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 5 of 12 20 September 2007 at 10:13am | IP Logged | |||||
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There's an excellent book on the Romance languages that's edited by Martin Harris in the Routledge series (a little bit thicker than the book by Posner that you found on Google.). I've consulted this series' books on Uralic, Germanic, Turkic and Slavonic languages and they're a bit technical but worth having if you're into comparing the languages within a family.
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| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6123 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 6 of 12 21 February 2008 at 10:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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There is an outstanding book in French comparing the major romance languages "Comprendre les langues romanes" by Paul Teyssier:
Link There is also a version of this book in each of the other four major romance languages (Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Romanian). Edited by JW on 21 February 2008 at 10:07am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| cothromóid Triglot Groupie Ireland Joined 6147 days ago 77 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English*, French, Irish Studies: Spanish, Italian | Message 7 of 12 21 February 2008 at 2:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'm in the process of ordering this book! Let's hope for the best. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6123 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 8 of 12 22 February 2008 at 10:02am | IP Logged | |||||
Kudos, I think you will really enjoy it. For me, it was a catalyst that really motivated my language studies. It's one of those rare books that is very scholarly (as you will see from the extensive bibliography--many of which I plan to read) but also very readable--a very fun read. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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