Aspects of the morphology of the Latin verb and its relation with the Spanish verb

Abstract

The so-called neolatin languages o Romanic ones are the result of a development process, that goes from vulgar Latin or spoken Latin to independent languages. This process started with the falling of the Roman Empire; afterwards the spoken Latin of the former Roman provinces begun to acquire its own features, far away from a unique political center. In this manner French, Italian and Spanish were emerging, among other neolatin languages.

Even though we talk about neolatin languages as a new linguistic phenomenon, it is still remarkable in them a deep track of the mother language. This mark goes beyond lexical and phonetic aspects, which are more visible. One of the deepest mark can be found in the morphology of the verb in the neolatin languages, of which we can say that the form of the Latin verb was kept with great allegiance, as we can see in the case of the Spanish verb.

AKADEMOS, Year 9, Vol. 2, No 25, July-December 2015: 9-42