Federica Cognola

Syntactic Variation and Verb Second (eBook, PDF)

A German dialect in Northern Italy

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Produktbeschreibung

This monograph investigates the syntax of the finite verb in Mocheno, a minority language spoken in a German speech island of Northern Italy. Basing her study on detailed new data collected during extensive fieldwork, and focusing on finite verb movement; on multiple access to the left periphery; on pro licensing and on the distribution of OV/VO word orders, the author refutes the traditional view that the syntactic variation found in Mocheno is due to the presence of two competing grammars as a consequence of contact with Romance varieties and accounts for the peculiarities of Mocheno syntax within a theory couched in the framework of Generative Grammar. This book contributes to our understanding of the verb-second phenomenon and sheds new light on the asymmetries between Old Romance and Germanic verb-second languages. A useful tool for all linguists working on both theoretical and comparative syntax and to anyone interested in language variation, dialectology and typology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 337
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789027272447
• Artikelnr.: 42830197