Professor Rodney Sampson
M.A.(Cantab.& Manc.)
Current positions
Emeritus Professor of French
Department of French
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Research interests
Rodney Sampson is Emeritus Professor of Romance Philology in the French Department. His research interests lie particularly in the phonological history of the Romance languages. He has taught a wide range of courses at undergraduate and graduate level, on comparative Romance linguistics, the contemporary French language and the evolution of French, Spanish and Italian. Currently, he is working on aspects of the history of the syllable in the Romance languages.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
VOWEL PROSTHESIS IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of FrenchDates
01/03/2006 to 01/07/2006
Publications
Recent publications
01/09/2018Why mâle ? A problematic sound change in French
Romance Philology
Sandhi
The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages
Review: Dictionnaire du bon usage au service du sens et de la nuance
French Studies
Review: Coarticulation and Sound Change in Romance
Revue de linguistique romane
Review: Reflexive Marking in the History of French
Journal of French Language Studies