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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 7
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Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 7.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This volume offers an integrated description of all aspects of word order in Old Italian, looking at the left periphery not only of the sentence, but also of the verbal phrase and determiner phrase. It makes important contributions to the study of medieval Italian, Romance historical linguistics, and diachronic syntactic change more generally. |
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Cover; Word Order in Old Italian; Copyright; To my family; Contents; Series preface; Acknowledgements; Source abbreviations; 1: The Old Italian left periphery; 1.1 V2 as V to Focus; 1.2 The analysis of V2: Benincà (2006) and the V2 correlates; 1.2.1 Subject inversion; 1.2.2 Constituents in first position; 1.2.3 Pro-drop; 1.2.4 Verb-third sequences; 1.2.5 Verb-first; 1.3 Topic and Operator particles; 1.3.1 Null shift topics; 1.3.2 e as a Topic marker; 1.3.3 The particle sì; 1.4 Concluding remarks; 2: Scrambling in vP; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 OI is a VO language; 2.3 Scrambling in OI |
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2.3.1. The elements that can be scrambled2.3.2 Multiple scrambling; 2.4 Optionality of scrambling; 2.5 What is scrambling?; 2.6 Past participle agreement; 2.7 Parallel phases; 2.8 Phase edges; 3: Scrambling in the DP phase; 3.1 Setting out the problem; 3.2 The structure of the DP phase; 3.3 Movement to the edge; 3.3.1 PP scrambling as movement to the edge of the DP; 3.3.2 Scrambling to the edge of the PP; 3.3.3 Scrambling of prenominal adjectives modified by molto; 3.4 The structural Genitive position; 3.5 Prenominal restrictive adjectives; 3.6 The loss of scrambling; 3.7 Concluding remarks |
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4: The vP left periphery in different sentence types4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Infinitival constructions; 4.3 Infinitival forms selected by modal and aspectual verbs; 4.3.1 Scrambling with modal verbs; 4.3.2 Scrambling with aspectual and perception verbs; 4.3.3 Causative constructions; 4.4 Scrambling and V2 in embedded clauses; 4.4.1 Complement clauses; 4.4.2 Other clause types; 4.5 Concluding remarks; 5: Quantifier movement; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The quantifier tutto; 5.2.1 Tutto modified by a relative clause; 5.2.2 Tutto modifying a DP; 5.2.3 Bare quantifier tutto; 5.3 Other bare quantifiers |
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5.3.1 The quantifier molto5.3.2 The quantifier molti; 5.3.3 The quantifier tutti; 5.4 Bare quantifiers in dedicated positions; 5.5 Concluding remarks; 6: Negative words; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The negative marker non and optional negative concord; 6.3 The asymmetric distribution of niente/neiente/neente; 6.3.1 The position of adverbial niente; 6.3.2 Argumental niente; 6.4 Arguments in favor of the analysis; 6.4.1 Minimal variation; 6.4.2 PPs including niente; 6.4.3 Position with respect to the past participle; 6.5 The asymmetric distribution of niente and neuna cosa; 6.6 A change in the system |
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6.7 Tutto and niente: a comparison6.8 Concluding remarks; 7: The grammar of OI in a broader perspective; References; Index; Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; In preparation |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
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Italian language -- 1300-1500.
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Italian language. |
| Chronological Term |
1300-1500 |
| Subject |
Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poletto, Cecilia, 1962- Word order in Old Italian. First edition. 9780199660247 0199660247 |
| ISBN |
9780191635694 (electronic book) |
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0191635693 (electronic book) |
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9780191769511 |
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0191769517 |
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9780199660247 |
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0199660247 |
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