Download or read book Past Participles from Latin to Romance written by Richard Laurent and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-11-15 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Latin through the Romance languages, which types of past participle survived? Which older, "irregular" types disappeared and which older, "regular" types proliferated? Which new types of past participles emerged, which proved popular in standard Romance languages, and which exist in a wide range of dialects? The author explores reasons for the expansion or contraction of each type, in each area.