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Parameters of Subject Inflection in Italian Dialects

2002
Abstract In this chapter we consider the null-subject parameter, with the implications it has for Chomsky’s 1995, 1998 theory of the EPP and agreement. We take the view that null-subject languages lexicalize the EPP feature through the finite verb (cf. Pollock 1996), while non-null-subject languages lexicalize the EPP feature through a D
MANZINI, MARIA RITA, SAVOIA, LEONARDO MARIA   +1 more
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Italian-dialect code-switching in Sicilian youngsters

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2018
The paper deals with the role of dialect among young Sicilian speakers. After a brief overview of the conditions of local dialects in Western Europe, I will discuss the main results of research carried out by means of different methodological approaches and types of data: (i) self-evaluative data elicited through questionnaire; (ii) a corpus of ...
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The Syntax of Italian Dialects

2003
Abstract This volume addresses issues in the syntax of a wide array of Italian dialects (including several Rhaeto-Romance varieties: Paduan, Sicilian, Bellunese, Piedmontese, Calabrian, and Italian itself). Edited by Christina Tortora, this collection consists of contributions from 12 of the leading scholars in the area of Italian ...
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Southern Italian dialects

This chapter discusses 4 case studies: (1) manner adverbs, which form a syncretic category with adjectives but, syntactically, form a class apart in showing agreement patterns tied to specific types of alignment, challenging the view that adverbs never show agreement; (2) finiteness is traditionally assumed to be a binary opposition, yet southern ...
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Localising Cockney: translating dialect into Italian

2010
The wide field of sociolinguistics and dialectology applied to translation and to AVT in particular is one of the most fertile, lively and creative objects of research today. Audiovisual texts offer a varied and exhaustive number of examples of linguistic variation at phonological, syntactical, and lexical levels.
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Italian Dialects

South Atlantic Bulletin, 1941
W. M. McLeod, Alberto D'Elia
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Italianization of the dialects

1997
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Regional dialect variation in standard Italian.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2010
Italy is a linguistically diverse country where a standard language (standard Italian) is in contact with various regional languages. Within this setting, the regional languages have influenced the standard Italian spoken throughout Italy and regional dialects of Standard Italian have emerged.
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Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Jun J Mao,, Msce, Lorenzo Cohen, Karen M Mustian   +2 more
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An Italian dialect

Notes and Queries, 1930
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