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The Rhaeto-Romance languages have been known as such to the linguistic community since the pioneering studies of Ascoli and Gartner over a century ago. There has never been a community of RR speakers based on a common history or polity and the various dialects are mutually unintelligible, but a unity, based on a number of common features, has been advanced. This book is the first general description of the Rhaeto-Romance languages to be written in English. It provides a critical examination of the phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the modern Rhaeto-Romance dialects within the broader perspective of Romance comparative linguistics.
This book covers the history and morphology of the Romansh or Rhætoromance group of languages (or dialects, as you will) and puts them into context with the other Romance languages, with special reference to the Ladin and Friulian groups and Venetian. If you are already studying or thinking about studying a language in the Rhaetian group, it will supplement your background knowledge, but be aware that is a fairly technical book. Most other books on this subject are in German, so this is especially valuable for English-speakers. It's part of a Routledge series on Romance linguistics.The print version is fairly expensive, but the Kindle version is free, unlike the Kindle versions of the other volumes in the series.
