Vowel prosthesis in Romance [electronic resource] : a diachronic study / Rodney Sampson. Sampson, Rodney, 1944- Romance languages Vowels. Romance languages History. PC91 440.0415 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This text presents a comparative, historical account of vowel prosthesis in the Romance languages. The author describes in detail the formal characteristics, historical trajectory, and likely causes of the different types of prosthesis operating in Romance. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. c2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xii, 290 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199541157.001.0001 eng