Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- DISTINCTIVE TRAITS OF ROMANCE LINGUISTICS -- POSITIVISM IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- Section I SYNCHRONIC PHONOLOGY -- THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES -- LOS FONEMAS DEL ESPAÑOL: LAS VOCALES -- DÉFINITION ET CLASSEMENT DES PHONÈMES -- ELISION AND LIAISON -- Section II SYNCHRONIC MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX -- UNA CLASIFICACIÓN MORFO-SINTÁCTICA DE LAS LENGUAS ROMÁNICAS -- NOUN MORPHOLOGY IN ROMANIAN -- ON THE EXPRESSION OF GENDER IN SPANISH -- MORPHÈMES: FLEXIFS RACINES DÉRIVATIFS PARTICULES -- THE MORPHOPHONEMICS OF THE FRENCH VERB -- SPANISH PLURAL FORMATION -- OBSERVATIONS ON FRENCH POSSESSIVES -- Section III DIACHRONIC PHONOLOGY -- PHONÉTIQUE HISTORIQUE ET PHONOLOGIE DIACHRONIQUE -- LA LÉNITION EN CELTIQUE ET LES CONSONNES DU ROMAN OCCIDENTAL -- CORRELATION AND CORE-RELATION IN DIACHRONIC PHONOLOGY -- STRUCTURAL PRESSURES AND PARADIGMATIC DIPHTHONGIZATION IN EAST ROMANCE -- QUANTITY AND QUALITY IN THE VOWEL-SYSTEM OF VULGAR LATIN -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOWEL PATTERN IN ROMANCE -- ON THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL VOWELS IN DACO-ROMANIAN DIALECTS -- PARADIGMATIC RESISTANCE TO SOUND CHANGE -- Section IV DIACHRONIC MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX -- FINAL -S IN THE ROMANIA -- REMARKS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PORTUGUESE INFLECTED INFINITIVE -- UNE CATÉGORIE VERBALE: LE FUTUR DU PASSÉ -- 'NEUTERS', MASS-NOUNS, AND THE ABLATIVE IN ROMANCE -- CRITIQUE DE LA GLOTTOCHRONOLOGIE APPLIQUÉE AUX LANGUES ROMANES -- TRENDS AND PREDICTIONS