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From Latin QUO(D) VELLES to Romagnol Cvël: A Case of Degrammaticalisation from a Free‐choice Indefinite to the Noun ‘Thing’1

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
wiley   +1 more source

Four-gender systems in Indo-European [PDF]

, 2017
A long-established tenet of Indo-European linguistics says that grammatical gender systems all along the history of this language phylum were maximally tripartite and generally tended toward a reduction of gender contrasts. In this article, we shall show
Loporcaro, Michele, Paciaroni, Tania
core  

On the notion of linguistic influence in syntax: Evidence from medieval Italo-Romance texts [PDF]

, 2019
This paper tackles the topic of Latin influence on Italo-Romance syntax by addressing the question how to combine the analysis of structural data with socio-historical reflections.
Greco P.
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Consonant-Final Loanwords and Epenthetic Vowels in Italian [PDF]

, 2012
The quality of an epenthetic vowel in a particular language may vary depending on segmental and prosodic factors, such as the quality of the surrounding consonants, the quality of other vowels in the word, and the position of the epenthetic vowel within ...
Repetti, Lori
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Methodological issues for the study of phonetic variation in the Italo-Romance dialects [PDF]

, 2011
In questo articolo si discutono alcune tecniche di elicitazione e se ne valuta l’adeguatezza per lo studio della variazione fonetica nei dialetti italiani.
Abete, Giovanni
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Differential Object Marking in Corsican: Regularities and triggering factors [PDF]

, 2017
The paper deals with Differential Object Marking in Corsican. After a short introduction, it gives an overview of the main local triggering factors for marking direct objects in general (animacy, referentiality). It then presents the few main assumptions
Neuburger, Kathrin Anne, Stark, Elisabeth   +1 more
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Language and Identities: The Exceptional Normality of Italy [PDF]

, 2008
Language issues loom large in current debates on Italian identity/identities, indigenous minorities in Italy and, of course, immigration. While the context of language debates in early 21st century Italy presents new realities and challenges, the ...
Kinder, John J.
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SEGNALI DISCORSIVI INGLESI NELLE VARIETÀ ITALOROMANZE COME LINGUE EREDITARIE. APPUNTI PER UNA RICERCA FUTURA

Italiano LinguaDue
  Nel dibattito sulle lingue ereditarie, la grammatica discorsiva ha ricevuto meno attenzione rispetto ad altri livelli di analisi, come la morfologia o la fonologia.
Valentina Del Vecchio, Margherita Di Salvo   +1 more
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Crossing Form and Function: First and Second Person Plural Imperatives in the Dialect of Mesocco [PDF]

, 2017
This paper proposes an explanation for the rise and fall of a 1pl imperative ending in the dialect of Mesocco, a Northern Italo-Romance variety from southern Switzerland.
Loporcaro, Michele
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Historical Linguistics: Afro-Romanic, Basque and the origins of Ibero-Romance languages [PDF]

, 2016
This paper presents the state of the art regarding questions such as: How much do we know about the continuity of Latin in Northwest Africa between the 5th and the 10th centuries? How well do we know Afro-Romanic? Could we determine some basic linguistic
Francisco Marcos-Marin
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