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Diachrony and Dialects: Grammatical Change in the Dialects of Italy

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Diachrony and Dialects: Grammatical Change in the Dialects of Italy

Paola Beninca, Adam Ledgeway, Nigel Vincent, "Diachrony and Dialects: Grammatical Change in the Dialects of Italy"
English | 2014 | pages: 376 | ISBN: 0198701780 | PDF | 2,0 mb

This book examines diachronic change and diversity in the morphosyntax of Romance varieties spoken in Italy. These varieties offer an especially fertile terrain for research into language change, because of both the richness of dialectal variation and the length of the period of textual attestation. While attention in the past has been focussed on the variation found in phonology, morphology, and vocabulary, this volume examines variation in morphosyntactic structures, covering a range of topics designed to exploit and explore the interaction of the geographical and historical dimensions of change. The opening chapter sets the scene for specialist and non-specialist readers alike, and establishes the conceptual and empirical background. There follow a series of case studies investigating the morphosyntax of verbal and (pro)nominal constructions and the organization of the clause.

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