156 research outputs found
The spread and decline of indefinite man-constructions in European languages: An areal perspective
No full textIn: Paolo Ramat & Elisa Roma (eds.), Europe and the Mediterranean as Linguistic Areas. Convergencies from a historical and typological perspective, 95-131. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Verso l'italiano. Percorsi e strategie di acquisizione
No full textIl volume , frutto della collaborazione ventennale di un gruppo di ricercatori coordinati da Anna Giacalone Ramat, offre una descrizione delle principali caratteristiche grammaticali e della varietà di italiano usata da apprendenti di lingue diverse. L'opera costituisce oggi un punto di riferimente importante non solo per gli studiosi, ma anche per gli insegnanti
Synchrony and Diachrony. Introduction to a dynamic interface
No full textThat the two dimensions of language variation are closely intertwined is nothing new, although at different stages in the history of linguistics their relation has been overlooked, if not explicitly ignored (see section 2). However, still little effort has been made to provide a unitary account of their interface and, more importantly, little attention has been devoted to a systematic exam of the theoretical and methodological tools through which such interface can be better captured and analyzed. In this volume, we aim to i) gather together a good sample of phenomena in which the synchrony-diachrony interface is crucial both at the descriptive and at the explanatory level, ii) to compare how different theoretical frameworks and different methodological tools may account for such interface phenomena, iii) and to identify those factors that are more frequently at play in the interface between synchrony and diachrony
"Piuttosto che": dalla preferenza all’esemplificazione di alternative
No full text"Piuttosto che": dalla preferenza all’esemplificazione di alternativ
The development of adversative connectives in Italian: stages and factors at play
No full textIn this paper we propose a model through stages for the development of interclausal adversative connectives, based on the qualitative and quantitative exam of the three Italian connectives però, tuttavia and mentre. The main purpose of this study is the identification of the respective roles played by frequency, syntax and context in the development of the adversative function. In the analysis of each of the three diachronic paths at issue, we keep the semantic parameters separate from the syntactic ones, monitoring both the semantic (in)compatibility of each occurrence with the source and the target meaning, identifying three macro-types of contexts (incompatible with the target meaning, compatible with both the source and the target meaning, incompatible with the source meaning), and the syntactic features characterizing each context type through the centuries. Our data will show that, despite the differences, the three paths show a number of recurrent properties, which underline the central function of frequency in triggering and spreading the change and the importance of constructions as the units that speakers process, elaborate and innovate. Finally, based on the relative frequency of the various context types through time, we will propose a model in four stages that describes the successive steps of development of the adversative function
Deictic motion verbs as passive auxiliaries: The case of italian andare 'go' (and venire 'come')
No full textThe indefinite usage of uomo, 'man', in early Italo-Romance. Grammaticalization and areality
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The indefinite usage of uomo, 'man', in early Italo-Romance. Grammaticalization and areality
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