Elementary Predicates and Related Categories
Ludovico Franco
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 285] 2024. ix, 217 pp.
Ludovico Franco
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ludovico Franco plays a role.
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Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
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. viii, 395 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Romance linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
2021 Locative Ps as general relators: Location, direction, DOM in Romance Into adpositions: New formal perspectives on the structure of the PP and its variation, Acedo-Matellán, Víctor, Theresa Biberauer, Jaume Mateu and Anna Pineda (eds.), pp. 135–173 | Article
Based mostly on the Romance languages, we provide evidence for the conclusion that oblique adpositions involved in the encoding of location and direction do not contribute a specific, fixed spatial meaning. On the contrary, they are general relators, relating a complement to an event by… read more
2019 Alternative truths and delegitimization pragmatic strategies around the 2018 Italian elections Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 7:2, pp. 293–320 | Article
In this paper we aim at analysing, from a pragmatic viewpoint, the rhetoric of delegitimization of the opponent in new media insofar as it triggers individual, uncontrolled and deep-rooted forms of communications. The communicative context is that of the political controversies and the… read more
2019 ‘ Agreement of structural obliques’ parameter: dom and pseudopartitives Differential objects and datives – a homogeneous class?, Irimia, Monica Alexandrina and Anna Pineda (eds.), pp. 82–101 | Article
We consider two sets of facts. The first is that dom objects may or may not agree with perfect participles in Indo-Aryan. The second is that (pseudo)partitive subjects may agree with the verb in the plural or not. We account for the dom parameter, basing on the assumption that dom corresponds to… read more
2018 Chapter 2. Gender, number and inflectional class in some Northern Italian dialects: The plural inflection ‑i and the interpretation of N morphology Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond: In honour of Leonardo M. Savoia, Grimaldi, Mirko, Rosangela Lai, Ludovico Franco and Benedetta Baldi (eds.), pp. 31–55 | Chapter
In many Northern Italian varieties the plural inflection ‑i has a restricted distribution, targeting feminine class nouns, determiners and adjectives. The ‑i morpheme also occurs with clitic pronouns, both subjects and objects. The crucial point we address is the relation between the plural… read more