Existentials and locatives in Romance dialects of Italy / / Delia Bentley, Francesco Maria Ciconte, and Silvio Cruschina.
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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| Superior document: | Oxford linguistics |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Oxford University Press,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 306 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of 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