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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451157603321

Autore

Poletto Cecilia

Titolo

The Higher Functional Field [[electronic resource] ] : Evidence from Northern Italian Dialects

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

ISBN

1-280-83344-0

0-19-535087-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Disciplina

457

457/.1

Soggetti

Italian language

Italian language - Dialects - Italy, Northern

Romance Languages

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Preverbal Subject Clitics in Declarative Contexts; 3 Interrogative Sentences; 4 Rhaetoromance Verb Second: A Split-CP Perspective; 5 Subjunctive Clauses: The Modal Field; 6 Subject Positions; 7 A Brief Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work investigates the syntax of the higher portion of the functional structure of the clause using comparative data from hundreds of Northern Italian dialects. The area contains dialects that are different in most ways yet homogenous syntactically, making it ideal for this type of analysis.