Available again, this book discusses nine Romance languages in context of their common Latin origins and then in individual studies. The final chapter is devoted to Romance-based Creole languages; a genuine innovation in a work of this kind.

Chapter 1 The Romance Languages, Martin Harris; Chapter 2 Latin, Nigel Vincent; Chapter 3 Spanish, John N. Green; Chapter 4 Portuguese, Stephen Parkinson; Chapter 5 Catalan, Max W. Wheeler; Chapter 6 French, Martin Harris; Chapter 7 Occitan, Max W. Wheeler; Chapter 8 Italian, Nigel Vincent; Chapter 9 Sardinian, Michael Jones; Chapter 10 Rhaeto-Romance, John Haiman; Chapter 11 Rumanian, Graham Mallinson; Chapter 12 Romance Creoles, John N. Green;

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