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Italian Dialectology at the Interfaces
Edited by Silvio Cruschina, Adam Ledgeway and Eva-Maria Remberger
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 251] 2019
► pp. 1–39

The dialects of Italy at the interfaces

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| University of Cambridge
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The syntax-phonology interface
    • 2.1Propagation of /u/
    • 2.2Metaphonetic diphthongization
    • 2.3Rafforzamento/Raddoppiamento fonosintattico (RF)
  • 3.The syntax-semantics interface
    • 3.1Negation
    • 3.2Verbal modality
    • 3.3Existential constructions
  • 4.The syntax-pragmatics interface
    • 4.1Invariable subject clitics and sentence particles
    • 4.2Postverbal subjects and subject-verb agreement
    • 4.3Focus fronting (FF)
  • Acknowledgement
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 5 February 2019
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