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Verb movement and clause structure in Old Romanian /

The book provides a formal analysis of root and complement clauses in Old Romanian, focussing on the combination of Balkan syntactic patterns and Romance morphology. It presents a new perspective on the manifestation of Balkan Sprachbund properties in the language, and on the nature of parametric di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hill, Virginia (Author), Alboiu, Gabriela (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 18.
Subjects:
Romanian language > Clauses.
Romanian language > To 1500.
Roumain (Langue) > Propositions.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Syntax.
Romanian language
To 1500
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Research background and theoretical framework
  • Subjects, complementizers, and clitics
  • High verb movement in finite clauses
  • Imperative clauses
  • Gerund clauses
  • De-indicatives : a faithful replica of the Balkan subjunctive
  • A-infinitives : a version of the Balkan subjunctive
  • Să-subjunctives : another version of the Balkan subjunctive
  • Supine clauses : on the road to Balkanization
  • Conclusions and remarks on the recyclling of the Balkan subjunctive.