Adam Ledgeway is Professor of Italian and Romance Languages at the University of Cambridge. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages. Vols 1-2 (2011-13), The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax (2017) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Maiden, 2016). Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages at the University of Oxford. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Vols 1-2 (2011-13) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Ledgeway, 2016).

• 1. Data, theory, and explanation: The view from Romance Adam Ledgeway and Martin Maiden; Part I. What is a language?: 2. Origins of Romance Nigel Vincent; 3. Documentation and sources Alive Andreose and Laura Minervini; 4. Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini and Michele Loporcaro; Part II. Phonetics and phonology: 5. Structure of the syllable Giovanna Marotta; 6. Sandhi phenomena Max W. Wheeler and Paul O'Neill; 7. Effects of stress Judith Meinschaefer; 8. The notion of the phoneme Benedetta Baldi and Leonardo M. Savoia; 9. Typologically exceptional phenomena in romance phonology Eulàlia Bonet and Francesc Torres-Tamarit; Part III. Morphology: 10. Phonological and morphological conditioning Franck Floricic and Lucia Molinu; 11. The autonomy of morphology Louise Esher and Paul O'Neill; 12. Suppletion Martin Maiden and Anna M. Thornton; 13. Inflexion, derivation, compounding Chiara Cappellaro and Judith Meinschaefer; 14. Evaluative suffixes Antonio Fortin and Franz Rainer; 15. Counting systems Brigitte L.M. Bauer; Part IV. Syntax: 16. Argument structure and argument realization Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Jaume Mateu and Anna Pineda; 17. Agreement Roberta D'Alessandro; 18. Alignment Sonia Cyrino and Michelle Sheehan; 19. Complex predicates Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae, and Gabriela Pană Dindelegan; 20. Dependency, licensing, and the nature of grammatical relations Anna Cardinaletti and Giuliana Giusti; 21. Parametric variation Adam Ledgeway and Norma Schifano; Part V. Semantics and pragmatics: 22. Word meanings and concepts Steven N. Dworkin; 23. Key topics in semantics: Presupposition, anaphora, (in)definite nominal phrases, deixis, tense and aspect, negation Chiara Gianollo and Giuseppina Silvestri; 24. Speech acts, discourse, and clause type Alice Corr and Nicola Munaro; 25. Address systems and social markers Federica Da Milano and Konstanze Jungbluth; 26. Information structure Silvio Cruschina, Ion Giurgea, and Eva-Maria Remberger; Part VI. Language, society, and the individual: 27. Register, genre, and style in the Romance languages Christopher Pountain and Rodica Zafiu; 28. Contact and borrowing Francesco Gardani; 29. Diamesic variation Maria Selig; 30. Social factors in language change and variation John Charles Smith; Index.

Adam Ledgeway is Professor of Italian and Romance Languages at the University of Cambridge. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages. Vols 1-2 (2011-13), The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax (2017) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Maiden, 2016). Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages at the University of Oxford. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Vols 1-2 (2011-13) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Ledgeway, 2016).

• 1. Data, theory, and explanation: The view from Romance Adam Ledgeway and Martin Maiden; Part I. What is a language?: 2. Origins of Romance Nigel Vincent; 3. Documentation and sources Alive Andreose and Laura Minervini; 4. Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini and Michele Loporcaro; Part II. Phonetics and phonology: 5. Structure of the syllable Giovanna Marotta; 6. Sandhi phenomena Max W. Wheeler and Paul O'Neill; 7. Effects of stress Judith Meinschaefer; 8. The notion of the phoneme Benedetta Baldi and Leonardo M. Savoia; 9. Typologically exceptional phenomena in romance phonology Eulàlia Bonet and Francesc Torres-Tamarit; Part III. Morphology: 10. Phonological and morphological conditioning Franck Floricic and Lucia Molinu; 11. The autonomy of morphology Louise Esher and Paul O'Neill; 12. Suppletion Martin Maiden and Anna M. Thornton; 13. Inflexion, derivation, compounding Chiara Cappellaro and Judith Meinschaefer; 14. Evaluative suffixes Antonio Fortin and Franz Rainer; 15. Counting systems Brigitte L.M. Bauer; Part IV. Syntax: 16. Argument structure and argument realization Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Jaume Mateu and Anna Pineda; 17. Agreement Roberta D'Alessandro; 18. Alignment Sonia Cyrino and Michelle Sheehan; 19. Complex predicates Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae, and Gabriela Pană Dindelegan; 20. Dependency, licensing, and the nature of grammatical relations Anna Cardinaletti and Giuliana Giusti; 21. Parametric variation Adam Ledgeway and Norma Schifano; Part V. Semantics and pragmatics: 22. Word meanings and concepts Steven N. Dworkin; 23. Key topics in semantics: Presupposition, anaphora, (in)definite nominal phrases, deixis, tense and aspect, negation Chiara Gianollo and Giuseppina Silvestri; 24. Speech acts, discourse, and clause type Alice Corr and Nicola Munaro; 25. Address systems and social markers Federica Da Milano and Konstanze Jungbluth; 26. Information structure Silvio Cruschina, Ion Giurgea, and Eva-Maria Remberger; Part VI. Language, society, and the individual: 27. Register, genre, and style in the Romance languages Christopher Pountain and Rodica Zafiu; 28. Contact and borrowing Francesco Gardani; 29. Diamesic variation Maria Selig; 30. Social factors in language change and variation John Charles Smith; Index.

Adam Ledgeway is Professor of Italian and Romance Languages at the University of Cambridge. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages. Vols 1-2 (2011-13), The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax (2017) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Maiden, 2016). Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages at the University of Oxford. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Vols 1-2 (2011-13) and The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (co-edited with Ledgeway, 2016).

• 1. Data, theory, and explanation: The view from Romance Adam Ledgeway and Martin Maiden; Part I. What is a language?: 2. Origins of Romance Nigel Vincent; 3. Documentation and sources Alive Andreose and Laura Minervini; 4. Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini and Michele Loporcaro; Part II. Phonetics and phonology: 5. Structure of the syllable Giovanna Marotta; 6. Sandhi phenomena Max W. Wheeler and Paul O'Neill; 7. Effects of stress Judith Meinschaefer; 8. The notion of the phoneme Benedetta Baldi and Leonardo M. Savoia; 9. Typologically exceptional phenomena in romance phonology Eulàlia Bonet and Francesc Torres-Tamarit; Part III. Morphology: 10. Phonological and morphological conditioning Franck Floricic and Lucia Molinu; 11. The autonomy of morphology Louise Esher and Paul O'Neill; 12. Suppletion Martin Maiden and Anna M. Thornton; 13. Inflexion, derivation, compounding Chiara Cappellaro and Judith Meinschaefer; 14. Evaluative suffixes Antonio Fortin and Franz Rainer; 15. Counting systems Brigitte L.M. Bauer; Part IV. Syntax: 16. Argument structure and argument realization Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Jaume Mateu and Anna Pineda; 17. Agreement Roberta D'Alessandro; 18. Alignment Sonia Cyrino and Michelle Sheehan; 19. Complex predicates Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae, and Gabriela Pană Dindelegan; 20. Dependency, licensing, and the nature of grammatical relations Anna Cardinaletti and Giuliana Giusti; 21. Parametric variation Adam Ledgeway and Norma Schifano; Part V. Semantics and pragmatics: 22. Word meanings and concepts Steven N. Dworkin; 23. Key topics in semantics: Presupposition, anaphora, (in)definite nominal phrases, deixis, tense and aspect, negation Chiara Gianollo and Giuseppina Silvestri; 24. Speech acts, discourse, and clause type Alice Corr and Nicola Munaro; 25. Address systems and social markers Federica Da Milano and Konstanze Jungbluth; 26. Information structure Silvio Cruschina, Ion Giurgea, and Eva-Maria Remberger; Part VI. Language, society, and the individual: 27. Register, genre, and style in the Romance languages Christopher Pountain and Rodica Zafiu; 28. Contact and borrowing Francesco Gardani; 29. Diamesic variation Maria Selig; 30. Social factors in language change and variation John Charles Smith; Index.