02922nam 2200649 a 450 991046545350332120200520144314.090-272-7228-X(CKB)2560000000105270(EBL)1211765(SSID)ssj0000886980(PQKBManifestationID)12467440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886980(PQKBWorkID)10839109(PQKB)11739943(MiAaPQ)EBC1211765(Au-PeEL)EBL1211765(CaPaEBR)ebr10718651(CaONFJC)MIL498636(OCoLC)850923043(EXLCZ)99256000000010527020121231d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrArgument structure in flux[electronic resource] the Naples-Capri papers /edited by Elly Van Gelderen, Michela Cennamo, J{acute}ohanna Bar℗ðdalAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.20131 online resource (586 p.)Studies in language companion series,0165-7763 ;v. 131Description based upon print version of record.90-272-0598-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Argument structure and encoding strategies -- pt. 2. Argument structure and verb classes -- pt. 3. Unexpressed arguments.In this paper we claim that the emergence of the existential pro-form in early Italo-Romance is motivated by the overt marking of definiteness on the pivot. The available data from a relatively large corpus of early Italo-Romance texts dating from C13th to C16th suggest that the overt marking of definiteness, which differentiates Romance from its ancestor Latin, favours the establishment of an existential pattern where the encoding of non-canonical pivots (definite ones) is licensed only if a locative element occurs in the structure; this can be a locative phrase, a locative relative pronounStudies in Language Companion SeriesGrammar, Comparative and generalErgative constructionsGrammar, Comparative and generalCaseGrammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxGenerative grammarElectronic books.Grammar, Comparative and generalErgative constructions.Grammar, Comparative and generalCase.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.Generative grammar.415Gelderen Elly van168043Cennamo Michela173995J{acute}ohanna Bar℗ðdal1969-936192MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465453503321Argument structure in flux2108927UNINA