Comparative Syntax of the Dial

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-631-22166-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

The book investigates the little studied syntax of the dialects of southern Italy. In addition to providing a descriptive account of a wide range of syntactic phenomena, the discussion shows how the model of language embodied in Chomsky's (1995) Minimalist Program can be profitably extended to the study of the syntax of southern Italian dialects, focusing on such topics as Case-marking and finite, infinitival and participial complementation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ledgeway, Adam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.

1. Case Marking.

2. Finite and Infinitival Complementation: Null Subjects and Control.

3. The Personal Infinitive.

4. Auxiliary Infinitival Constructions.

5. Auxiliary Selection.

6. Want-passives.

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Ledgeway is Lecturer in the Department of Italian at the University of Cambridge.