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Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond: In honour of Leonardo M. Savoia
Edited by Mirko Grimaldi, Rosangela Lai, Ludovico Franco and Benedetta Baldi
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 252] 2018
► pp. 283–296

Chapter 19
Phonological correlates of syntactic structure

The distribution of raddoppiamento fonosintattico in Calabrian

| University of Cambridge

The present article considers the syntactic constraints operative on the distribution of a phonological fortition process, raddoppiamento fonosintattico ‘phonosyntactic doubling’, in the Calabrian dialect of Cosenza. It is shown that the relevant locality restrictions are best understood, not in terms of the three core structural configurations Spec-Head, Head-Head and Head-Comp, but in terms of phasal domains, highlighting how different phonological realizations represent the spell-out of deep syntactic differences mapped at the syntax-phonology interface. At the same time, the theoretical assumptions assumed here provide us with the key to understanding some intriguing empirical generalizations about the distribution of Cosentino RF which, in turn, throw new light on some current theoretical assumptions about clause structure and the nature of phases.

Keywords: syntax-phonology interface, phase, locality, raddoppiamento fonosintattico
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Cosentino RF: An overview
    • 2.1RF triggers
    • 2.2Defining locality
      • 2.2.1Core configurations: Spec-head, head–head and head-comp
      • 2.2.2Phases
  • 3.Summary and conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 19 December 2018
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