Característiques de morfologia verbal rossellonesa al sud dels Pirineus i el seu correlat en occità

Abstract

The article focuses on the characteristics of verbal morphology that form an area of continuity between Roussillonnais and the north of Central Catalan (with the exception of those that form an area of continuity with North-Western Catalan). We analyse the situation of these characteristics in the early twentieth century, using the corpus compiled by Alcover (1906–1928). Taking as our starting point a study carried out between 1999 and 2003 in 42 sites in the northern area of Central Catalan, we note the change in these characteristics in this area. We also indicate the correspondence with Occitan regarding most of the features studied and discuss the opinion of several linguists about whether Catalan acquired them autonomously or not. We also make proposals for the linguistic description of the characteristics examined.

Keywords: Linguistic change, verbal morphology, Alcover, Central Catalan, Gironí, Roussillonnais, Occitan, linguistic cartography, linguistic description.