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Synchrony and diachrony : a dynamic interface / edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat, Caterina Mauri, Piera Molinelli.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in language companion series ; v. 133.
- Studies in Language Companion Series, 0165-7763 ; v. 133
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical linguistics.
- Linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (461 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Extreme Southern dialects of Italy, complement clauses can appear in three different ways: (1) with the infinitive; (2) with modo + ind. (in Salentino quod + ind.); (3) with ca/chi + ind. Dependent finite clauses headed by modo/quod replace the infinitive particularly when the matrix predicate is a verb expressing will, wish, aim or intention. This replacement, which represents a syntactic calque from Italo-Greek varieties, finished to involve also the verb potere 'can', in a different way from Italo-Greek, where it is is the only verbal form which never appears in this
- Contents:
- pt. I. The role of analogy and constructions in the synchrony-diachrony interface
- pt. II. Synchronic variation and language change
- pt. III. Gradualness in language change.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789027272072
- 9027272077
- OCLC:
- 844430389
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