Argument structure in flux [[electronic resource] ] : the Naples-Capri papers / / edited by Elly Van Gelderen, Michela Cennamo, J{acute}ohanna Bar℗ðdal

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (586 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Ergative constructions; Grammar, Comparative and general - Case; Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax; Generative grammar
• Altri autori: GelderenElly van CennamoMichela J{acute}ohanna Bar℗ðdal <1969->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Argument structure and encoding strategies -- pt. 2. Argument structure and verb classes -- pt. 3. Unexpressed arguments.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 pronoun
• Titolo autorizzato: Argument structure in flux
• ISBN: 90-272-7228-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806176903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Language Companion Series