Giulio Scivoletto
List of John Benjamins publications for which Giulio Scivoletto plays a role.
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2020 Semasiological cyclicity in the evolution of discourse markers: A case from Sicilian The Role of Pragmatics in Cyclic Language Change, Mosegaard Hansen, Maj-Britt (ed.), pp. 236–262 | Article
This study addresses the evolution of the Sicilian discourse marker mentri to explore the concept of cyclicity in semantic–pragmatic change. Stemming from Latin dŭm ĭntĕrim (‘while, in the meantime’), the temporal conjunction develops – like its Romance cognates – an adversative function meaning… read more