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Clefts are intricate objects which, starting with Jespersen (1937),
have motivated much work in descriptive and formal linguistics.
Nonetheless, almost a century later their exact internal structure
and status are still widely debated, therefore a multidisciplinary
volume on this theoretically complex structure across different
languages of the world is greatly needed. The articles featured in
this volume follow an in-depth Introduction written by the editors,
in which we offer a survey of the state-of-the-art on clefts by way
of a strong contextualisation to the volume, including a number of
robust empirical observations on the morphosyntactic and
interpretational properties of these structures in numerous
standard and non-standard Romance varieties, as well as a critical
presentation of the contributions included in the volume. Among
other things, the ten selected articles propose new insights into
the widely-reported interpretational asymmetry between subject and
object clefts, the features involved in their derivation, the ways
in which the low and high peripheries are variously exploited in
the derivation, the morphosyntactic and interpretational
differences between clefts and their non-cleft counterparts, the
role and formal properties of the copula, the notion of
sub-extraction of features, a reconsideration of the very notion of
focus via clefting, and much more. The volume, written by renown
experts, offers an in-depth overview of the structure of it-clefts,
taking into account different and complementary fields of the study
of linguistics (cartography, quantitative methods, experimental
investigations, nanosyntax, typology and dialectology) and robust
empirical data from numerous languages including Romance varieties,
Hungarian, Mandarin Chinese, and two Spanish- and French-lexifier
creoles. Our belief is that the synchrony of clefts will only be
appropriately understood once diachronic, typological, historical,
experimental and dialectological aspects are all brought together.
We offer through this volume a first attempt at providing such a
variegated picture of the cross-linguistic morphosyntax of
it-clefts.
This is the first in-depth historical treatment of the grammar of
the Neapolitan dialect, providing an exhaustive documentation and
description of all aspects of the phonology, morphology and syntax
of the dialect (and neighbouring varieties spoken in and around the
Bay of Naples) which is comprehensive enough to qualify as a
reference grammar, but is formulated within a conceptual framework
which allows individual facts to be studied as part of a coherent
system and compared with other Romance languages. In this respect,
it makes a significant contribution towards cataloguing the
linguistic typology of dialects within the Italian peninsula.
This Cambridge History is the most comprehensive survey of the
history of the Romance languages ever published in English. It
engages with new and original topics that reflect wider-ranging
comparative concerns, such as the relation between diachrony and
synchrony, morphosyntactic typology, pragmatic change, the
structure of written Romance, and lexical stability. Volume I is
organized around the two key recurrent themes of persistence
(structural inheritance and continuity from Latin) and innovation
(structural change and loss in Romance). An important and novel
aspect of the volume is that it accords persistence in Romance a
focus in its own right rather than treating it simply as the
background to the study of change. In addition, it explores the
patterns of innovation (including loss) at all linguistic levels.
The result is a rich structural history which marries together data
and theory to produce new perspectives on the structural evolution
of the Romance languages.
This volume brings together contributions from leading specialists
in syntax and morphology to explore the complex relation between
periphrasis and inflexion from both a synchronic and diachronic
perspective. The chapters draw on data from across the Romance
language family, including standard and regional varieties and
dialects. The relation between periphrasis and inflexion raises
questions for both syntax and morphology, and understanding the
phenomena involved requires cooperation across these sub-domains.
For example, the components that express many periphrases can be
interrupted by other words in a way that is common in syntax but
not in morphology, and in some contexts, a periphrastic form may be
semantically equivalent to a single-word inflected form, with which
it arguably forms part of a paradigmatic set. Patterns of this kind
are found across Romance, albeit with significant local
differences. Moreover, diachrony is essential in understanding
these phenomena, and the rich historical documentation available
for Romance allows an in-depth exploration of the changes and
variation involved, as different members of the family may
instantiate different stages of development. Studying these changes
also raises important questions about the relation between attested
and reconstructed patterns. Although the empirical focus of the
volume is on the Romance languages, the analyses and conclusions
presented shed light on the development and nature of similar
structures in other language families and provide valuable insights
relevant to linguistic theory more broadly.
Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and
syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows
us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the
study of historical syntax offers even greater possibilities. Over
recent decades, the study of historical syntax has proven to be a
powerful scientific tool of enquiry with which to challenge and
reassess hypotheses and ideas about the nature of syntactic
structure which go beyond the observed limits of the study of the
synchronic syntax of individual languages or language families. In
this timely Handbook, the editors bring together the best of recent
international scholarship on historical syntax. Each chapter is
focused on a theme rather than an individual language, allowing
readers to discover how systematic descriptions of historical data
can profitably inform and challenge highly diverse sets of
theoretical assumptions.
The Romance languages and dialects constitute a treasure trove of
linguistic data of profound interest and significance. Data from
the Romance languages have contributed extensively to our current
empirical and theoretical understanding of phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and
historical linguistics. Written by a team of world-renowned
scholars, this Handbook explores what we can learn about
linguistics from the study of Romance languages, and how the body
of comparative and historical data taken from them can be applied
to linguistic study. It also offers insights into the diatopic and
diachronic variation exhibited by the Romance family of languages,
of a kind unparalleled for any other Western languages. By asking
what Romance languages can do for linguistics, this Handbook is
essential reading for all linguists interested in the insights that
a knowledge of the Romance evidence can provide for general issues
in linguistic theory.
This book examines diachronic change and diversity in the
morphosyntax of Romance varieties spoken in Italy. These varieties
offer an especially fertile terrain for research into language
change, because of both the richness of dialectal variation and the
length of the period of textual attestation. While attention in the
past has been focussed on the variation found in phonology,
morphology, and vocabulary, this volume examines variation in
morphosyntactic structures, covering a range of topics designed to
exploit and explore the interaction of the geographical and
historical dimensions of change. The opening chapter sets the scene
for specialist and non-specialist readers alike, and establishes
the conceptual and empirical background. There follow a series of
case studies investigating the morphosyntax of verbal and
(pro)nominal constructions and the organization of the clause. Data
are drawn from the full range of Romance dialects spoken within the
borders of modern Italy, ranging from Sicily and Sardinia through
to Piedmont and Friuli. Some of the studies narrow the focus to a
particular construction within a particular dialect; others broaden
out to compare different patterns of evolution within different
dialects. There is also diversity in the theoretical frameworks
adopted by the various contributors. The book aims to take stock of
both the current state of the field and the fruits of recent
research, and to set out new results and new questions to help move
forward the frontiers of that research. It will be a valuable
resource not only for those specializing in the study of
Italo-Romance varieties, but also for other Romanists and for those
interested in exploring and understanding the mechanisms of
morphosyntactic change more generally.
This book was first published in 2010. The study of Romance
languages can tell us a great deal about sentence structure and its
variation in general. Focusing on the dialects of Italy - including
the islands of Sardinia and Sicily - the authors explore three
thematic areas: the nominal domain, the verbal domain and the left
periphery of the clause. The book gives fresh attention to the
dialects, arguing that they offer an unprecedented degree of
variation (not found, for example, in Germanic languages).
Analysing a host of data, the authors show how the dialects can be
used as a test-bed for investigating and challenging received ideas
about language structure and change. Coherent and wide-ranging,
this is a vital resource for those working in syntactic theory,
historical linguistics and Romance languages.
Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and
syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows
us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the
study of historical syntax offers even greater possibilities. Over
recent decades, the study of historical syntax has proven to be a
powerful scientific tool of enquiry with which to challenge and
reassess hypotheses and ideas about the nature of syntactic
structure which go beyond the observed limits of the study of the
synchronic syntax of individual languages or language families. In
this timely Handbook, the editors bring together the best of recent
international scholarship on historical syntax. Each chapter is
focused on a theme rather than an individual language, allowing
readers to discover how systematic descriptions of historical data
can profitably inform and challenge highly diverse sets of
theoretical assumptions.
This book was first published in 2010. The study of Romance
languages can tell us a great deal about sentence structure and its
variation in general. Focusing on the dialects of Italy - including
the islands of Sardinia and Sicily - the authors explore three
thematic areas: the nominal domain, the verbal domain and the left
periphery of the clause. The book gives fresh attention to the
dialects, arguing that they offer an unprecedented degree of
variation (not found, for example, in Germanic languages).
Analysing a host of data, the authors show how the dialects can be
used as a test-bed for investigating and challenging received ideas
about language structure and change. Coherent and wide-ranging,
this is a vital resource for those working in syntactic theory,
historical linguistics and Romance languages.
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