Vox Romanica 76 (2017)

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This collection features a range of scholarly contributions exploring various linguistic and literary themes. Anne-Marguerite Fryba-Reber and Pierre Swiggers discuss the correspondence between Albert Sechehaye and Hugo Schuchardt from 1909 to 1926. Lorenzo Tomasin examines the Italian lexicon of purported Swiss origin. Vincenzo Faraoni and Camilla Bernardasci analyze the functional expansion of "mega(-)" in Swiss Italian youth language. Diego Pescarini and Giulia Donzelli focus on negation in Swiss Italian dialects. Paul Videsott and Philipp Tolloi present previously unknown 19th-century Ladin shepherd letters, providing historical and linguistic insights. Gaelle Burg explores the symbolic elements in the works of Chrétien de Troyes, while Alain Corbellari interprets numerical symbolism in his texts. Francesca Gambino addresses gender issues in the expression of totality through grammar, rhetoric, and metrics in Chrétien de Troyes' work. José Antonio Saura Rami delves into the etymological classification of the Spanish word "arroyo." Adela Garcia Valle investigates the locational system of Spanish in its diachrony, particularly in the context of Alfonso X's First General Chronicle. Stefa n Ruhstaller questions the etymologies proposed by Covarrubias. The volume also includes reviews, news, and acknowledgments of authors and contributors, along with awards for advancing linguistic scholarship.