Noun inflectional classes in Maceratese
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Tania Paciaroni
Abstract
This chapter explores the structure of noun inflection in the variety of Macerata (Area Mediana) which shows some distinctive properties with respect to standard Italian, such as internal inflection and a higher number of noun inflectional classes. Based on a description of the primary linguistic data and on the examination of old texts, it focuses on the need for morphological features appropriate for describing this variety, with special attention to their interrelationships and to their relation with phonological and morphosyntactic features. In trying to shed light on this inflectional complexity, a ‘canonical’ approach is taken; inflectional class features and their change are evaluated starting from the most canonical classes in the Maceratese system.
Abstract
This chapter explores the structure of noun inflection in the variety of Macerata (Area Mediana) which shows some distinctive properties with respect to standard Italian, such as internal inflection and a higher number of noun inflectional classes. Based on a description of the primary linguistic data and on the examination of old texts, it focuses on the need for morphological features appropriate for describing this variety, with special attention to their interrelationships and to their relation with phonological and morphosyntactic features. In trying to shed light on this inflectional complexity, a ‘canonical’ approach is taken; inflectional class features and their change are evaluated starting from the most canonical classes in the Maceratese system.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Morphological theories, the Autonomy of Morphology, and Romance data 1
- A paradox? 27
- Verb morphology gone astray 55
- The Friulian subject clitics 83
- Romance clitic pronouns in lexical paradigms 119
- Hiatus resolution between function and lexical words in French and Italian 141
- Occitan plurals 179
- Partial or complete lack of plural agreement 201
- Noun inflectional classes in Maceratese 231
- Participles and nominal aspect 271
- Modifying suffixes in Italian and the Autonomy of Morphology 295
- SE -verbs, SE -forms or SE -constructions? SE and its transitional stages between morphology and syntax 319
- The lexicalist hypothesis and the semantics of event nominalization suffixes 347
- Italian brand names – morphological categorisation and the Autonomy of Morphology 369
- Author index 385
- Index of subjects and languages 389
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Morphological theories, the Autonomy of Morphology, and Romance data 1
- A paradox? 27
- Verb morphology gone astray 55
- The Friulian subject clitics 83
- Romance clitic pronouns in lexical paradigms 119
- Hiatus resolution between function and lexical words in French and Italian 141
- Occitan plurals 179
- Partial or complete lack of plural agreement 201
- Noun inflectional classes in Maceratese 231
- Participles and nominal aspect 271
- Modifying suffixes in Italian and the Autonomy of Morphology 295
- SE -verbs, SE -forms or SE -constructions? SE and its transitional stages between morphology and syntax 319
- The lexicalist hypothesis and the semantics of event nominalization suffixes 347
- Italian brand names – morphological categorisation and the Autonomy of Morphology 369
- Author index 385
- Index of subjects and languages 389
