Existentials and locatives in Romance dialects of Italy / Delia Bentley, Francesco Maria Ciconte, and Silvio Cruschina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bentley, Delia, author.

Ciconte, Francesco Maria, author.

Cruschina, Silvio, author.

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

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Oxford linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian language--Dialects--Existential constructions.

Italian language.

Italian language--Dialects--Locative constructions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 2015

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

Text in English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 research on the Romance languages.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780191806230

0191806234

OCLC:

931531096

Publisher Number:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198745266.001.0001

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access