Existentials and locatives in Romance dialects of Italy /

This book provides the first ever large-scale comparative treatment of there sentences (there copula NP), in over 100 Italo-Romance and Sardinian dialects spoken in Italy. It comprises detailed discussions of focus structure, predication and argument realization, definiteness effects, and the linkin...

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Main Authors:	Bentley, Delia (Author), Ciconte, Francesco Maria (Author), Cruschina, Silvio (Author)
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:	Italian language > Dialects > Existential constructions. Italian language > Dialects > Locative constructions. Italien (Langue) > Dialectes > Phrase existentielle. Italien (Langue) > Dialectes > Locatifs. Grammar, syntax and morphology Mod Grammar, syntax and morphology. Language. linguistics. Semantics, discourse analysis, etc. Mod Semantics, discourse analysis, etc. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > French. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Romance Languages (Other) Romance languages Dialektologie Existenzialsatz Italoromanisch Lokativ Syntax existential locative there-sentences dialects Italo-Romance Sardinian Romance Role and Reference Grammar microvariation Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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1. Existentials and locatives in Romance dialects of Italy : introduction / Delia Bentley
2. Focus structure / Silvio Cruschina
3. Predication and argument realization / Delia Bentley
4. Definiteness effects and linking / Delia Bentley
5. Historical context / Francesco Maria Ciconte
6. Conclusion / Delia Bentley
Appendix 1: Early Romance sources
Appendix 2: Latin sources.