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The Syntactic Status of Subject Clitics: A Problem from Venetan SE‐Constructions

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reopens the discussion on the syntax of subject clitics (SCLs) in Venetan dialects by providing a problematic piece of data and outlining its theoretical consequences. New evidence from se‐constructions in Alto Polesine Venetan (APV) shows that SCLs resist a unitary categorisation even within the same dialect group: in varieties ...
Marco Fioratti, Leonardo Russo Cardona
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What Can Be Changed Through Contact? Possessive Syntax in Megleno-Romanian and Eolian Compared

open access: yesLanguages
This article explores the order of possessives with respect to nouns in Megleno-Romanian, a branch of Daco-Romance, and Eolian, a variety of southern Italo-Romance.
Sara N. Cardullo, Ștefania Costea
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Phase-edge properties and complementizer omission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper deals with the diachrony of complementizer omission (C-omission) in some Italian clauses. C-omission is restricted to clauses with [-realis] mood in Old as well as in Modern Italian, and to some types of declarative clauses in Modern ...
Franco, Irene
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The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Introduction: Balkan Romance Within the Balkan Sprachbund

open access: yesLanguages
This article provides a short introduction to Balkan Romance, examining and exemplifying a number of its principal features. In particular, the discussion begins in §2 with a review of the main morphosyntactic features of the four principal sub-branches ...
Virginia Hill, Adam Ledgeway
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Becoming legal: feminism and abortion law in 1970s Italy

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventional top‐down approaches to legal reform tend to overlook the contributions of social movements in legal change, often resulting in a gender‐blind analysis. In response, I advance ‘becoming legal’ as an analytical framework to rethink legal change in terms of a bottom‐up process encompassing informal proceedings as well as formal ...
ELENA CARUSO
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Gradualness of Grammaticalization and Abrupt Change Reconciled: Evidence from Microvariation in Romance

open access: yesLanguages
Grammaticalization has long been understood as a process that takes place gradually, but within it, discrete and abrupt changes take place. This tension has been reconciled by claiming that the semblance of a gradual process is given by different parts ...
Sandra Paoli
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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Proposal for a Discourse Analysis Approach to Identify Greenwashing Practices Among Fruit Pulp Producers

open access: yesBusiness Strategy &Development, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Frozen fruit pulp production addresses food availability, yet its manufacturing involves numerous legal, sanitary, and socio‐environmental considerations. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the discourse of frozen fruit pulp producers on corporate websites and social media and their operational practices, aiming to identify ...
Italo Emmanoel Mesquita Oliveira de Moura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

2022 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

open access: yes, 2022
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 36, Issue 6, Page 2282-2454, November/December 2022.
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