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Italo‐Romance Metaphony and the Tuscan Diphthongs [PDF]
Transactions of the Philological Society, 2015 AbstractThe historical causes of general so‐called ‘opening’ diphthongization of proto‐Romance low mid vowels in stressed open syllables are an enduring matter of dispute in historical Romance phonology, the two principal positions being that the diphthongs originate in the assimilatory process of metaphony conditioned by following unstressed vowels ...
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 1, Page 119-150, March 2024.Abstract Degrammaticalisation is an oft‐dismissed category of language change. In this paper evidence is provided for its existence, its triggers, and its conditions. This case study details the development of an understudied Old Italo‐Romance indefinite, covelle, a polarity‐sensitive item roughly translating as ‘anything’ which originated from a Latin
Nicola D’Antuono
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Voice and functional structure in Italo-Romance tough-constructions
IsoglossThis paper focuses on the amount of functional structure and on the Voice properties of complement clauses in tough-constructions, on the basis of previously unexplored variation patterns in Italo-Romance.
Leonardo Russo Cardona
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Differential Object Marking and the properties of D in the dialects of the extreme south of Italy
Glossa, 2019 This paper discusses two case studies of microvariation in accusative marking in the Italo-Romance varieties of the extreme south of Italy. In particular, the diatopic variation displayed by the dialects of southern Calabria gives rise to peculiar ...
Adam Ledgeway +2 more
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Documenting Italo-Romance minority languages in the Americas. Problems and tentative solutions
, 2021 This article describes the process of preparation and implementation of a data collection enterprise targeting Italo-Romance emigrant languages in North and South America. This data collection is part of the ERC Microcontact project, which aims to understand language change in contact by examining the language of Italian communities in the Americas.
Andriani Luigi +7 more
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O último cigarro, o primeiro lápis: a vida como rascunho em A consciência de zeno, de Italo Svevo
Literatura e Sociedade, 2018 Em sua obra prima, A consciência de Zeno, a autobiografia ficcional de um velho, Italo Svevo estabelece uma ligação íntima entre a velhice como retirada da vita activa, recolhimento à inutilidade, e as possibilidades de reinvenção do mundo abertas pela ...
Fábio de Souza Andrade
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Maltese as a merger of two worlds: A cross-language approach to phonotactic classification. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Nieder J, Tomaschek F.
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Addressing Challenges in Formal Research on Moribund Heritage Languages: A Path Forward. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2021 D'Alessandro R, Natvig D, Putnam MT.
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Anuário de Literatura, 2015 Este estudo propõe uma reflexão sobre como o pensador Italo Calvino evidencia em Se um viajante numa noite de inverno (1979) uma teoria da leitura. Nesse romance, enquanto o escritor narra a tentativa do personagem chamado Leitor de terminar a leitura de
Juliana Ramos
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Food Risk Analysis: Towards a Better Understanding of "Hazard" and "Risk" in EU Food Legislation. [PDF]
Foods, 2023 Cioca AA, Tušar L, Langerholc T.
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