Existentials and locatives in Romance dialects of Italy

This publication provides a large-scale comparative treatment of 'there' sentences (there copula NP), reporting the results of a survey of over 100 Italo-Romance and Sardinian dialects spoken in Italy. It addresses key issues in linguistic theory and offers a valuable source of data for re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bentley, Delia, author (author), Ciconte, Francesco Maria, author, Cruschina, Silvio, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press 2015.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425007506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dialect maps
  • 1. Existentials and locatives in Romance dialects of Italy : introduction / Delia Bentley
  • 2. Focus structure / Silvio Cruschina
  • 3. Predication and argument realization / Delia Bentley
  • 4. Definiteness effects and linking / Delia Bentley
  • 5. Historical context / Francesco Maria Ciconte
  • 6. Conclusion / Delia Bentley
  • Appendix 1: Early Romance sources
  • Appendix 2: Latin sources