Date of Award
1971
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Trammell, Robert L.
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to present an objective overview of the controversy concerning the placement of Catalan among the Western Romance languages. Catalan has been classified as Ibero-Romance) Galla-Romance) and as a member of new groupings of the various Romance languages) such as a distinct Pyrenean group (Gascon) Aragonese) Catalan) and one large group of the Western Romance languages which exeludes French. A critical analysis of the theories of classification shows the Ibero-Romance theory to be the soundest. The strongest evidence for the Ibero-Romance affiliation of Catalan was obtained from linguistic comparisons of Modern Catalan and Old Castilian or other dialects and languages of the Peninsula) excluding Modern Castilian because it was the most innovative.
Extent
74 p.
Recommended Citation
MEDEMA, BARBARA ANN HERRING, "PLACEMENT OF CATALAN IN THE ROMANCE SCHEMA (SPAIN)" (1971). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 66.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/66
Identifier
FADT13464
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters