The Higher Functional Field
Evidence from Northern Italian Dialects
Published on 9. March 2000
220 pages
978-0-19-803058-4 (ISBN)
Description
This work investigates the syntax of the higher portion of the functional structure of the clause using comparative data from hundreds of Northern Italian dialects. The area contains dialects that are different in most ways yet homogenous syntactically, making it an ideal ground for analyzing micro-variations in syntax. The book sheds new light on debated problems such as subject-clitic inversion, verb movement and subject positions, and the structure of the higher functional phrases.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1. Aim of this Work
- 1.2. The Theoretical Framework
- 1.3. The Varieties Examined and Survey Methods Employed
- 1.4. Previous Analysis of Subject Clitics
- 2 Preverbal Subject Clitics in Declarative Contexts
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Two Tests for SCL Positions
- 2.3. More SCL Positions
- 2.4. One More Position
- 2.5. Subject Clitic Climbing Inside the Agreement Field
- 2.6. The Agreement Field
- 3 Interrogative Sentences
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Subject Clitic Inversion
- 3.3. Variation in Main Interrogatives
- 3.4. Theoretical Implications of Split Interrogative CP
- 3.5. Embedded Contexts
- 3.6. Conclusion
- 4 Rhaetoromance Verb Second: A Split-CP Perspective
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Rhaetoromance V2: Data
- 4.3. Left Dislocation: The Declarative-Interrogative Asymmetry
- 4.4. Different Degrees of Focalization
- 4.5. Embedded V2
- 4.6. Subject Positions
- 4.7. A Brief Comparison with Germanic V2
- 5 Subjunctive Clauses: The Modal Field
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Disjunctive Clauses
- 5.3. Optative and Counterfactual Clauses
- 5.4. Complementizer Deletion and Verb Movement in Italian
- 5.5. Complementizer Deletion in the Northern Varieties
- 5.6. Suppletive Imperatives
- 5.7. Conclusion
- 6 Subject Positions
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Subject Positions and Case Checking
- 6.3. Subject Positions in Nondeclarative Contexts
- 6.4. The Subject in CD Contexts
- 6.5. Conclusion
- 7 A Brief Summary
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Some General Properties of Functional Structure
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
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