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Diachrony And Dialects Grammatical Change In The Dialects Of Italy,paola Beninca,adam Ledgeway by NIGEL VINCENT, Beninca, Paola, Ledgeway, Adam, Vincent, Nigel, Paola Benincà, Adam Ledgeway, Nigel Vincent, Paola Beninca, Adam Ledgeway, Nigel Vincent is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Data are drawn from the full range of Romance dialects spoken within the borders of modern Italy, ranging from Sicily and Sardinia through to Piedmont and Friuli. Some of the studies narrow the focus to a particular construction within a particular dialect; others broaden out to compare different patterns

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Author

NIGEL VINCENT, Beninca, Paola, Ledgeway, Adam, Vincent, Nigel, Paola Benincà, Adam Ledgeway, Nigel Vincent, Paola Beninca, Adam Ledgeway, Nigel Vincent

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191771507

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Linguistics, Language Learning