Differential object marking in the dialects of Southern Calabria
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Giusy Truncellito
Abstract
Although Differential Object Marking (DOM) has been extensively studied in prominent Romance languages such as Spanish and Romanian, there is a significant gap in research on DOM in the (Italo-Romance) dialects of Calabria. Previous studies have demonstrated that DOM in Romance languages is shaped by factors like animacy, definiteness, and specificity. However, the precise characteristics and scope of these influences in Southern Calabrian dialects have not been thoroughly explored. This work deepens our understanding of the variation in Southern Calabrian DOM (strategies) and its relation to similar patterns in other Romance languages.
Abstract
Although Differential Object Marking (DOM) has been extensively studied in prominent Romance languages such as Spanish and Romanian, there is a significant gap in research on DOM in the (Italo-Romance) dialects of Calabria. Previous studies have demonstrated that DOM in Romance languages is shaped by factors like animacy, definiteness, and specificity. However, the precise characteristics and scope of these influences in Southern Calabrian dialects have not been thoroughly explored. This work deepens our understanding of the variation in Southern Calabrian DOM (strategies) and its relation to similar patterns in other Romance languages.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
- Variation and change in transitivity alternations and argument realization in Italo-Romance 9
- Syntactic and functional broadening of the reflexive markers in Romance: for a typological approach 33
- The prosodic features of pragmatic chillo in Neapolitan: implications for syntax and diachrony 55
- On the surprising origin of what-particles in Italian dialects 79
- On the evolution of mesoclisis in the imperative in Western Lombard varieties 107
- Inflectional classes in Istriot: a first systematisation in diachrony and synchrony 127
- Parlare le cose: structural aspects and syntactic-semantic disambiguation of some Italo-Romance verba dicendi in a diachronic and synchronic perspective 143
- The mass neuter of Praianese: new data and some insights 163
- Differential possessive marking in Italo-Romance 187
- On the feminine plural definite article and the interrogative conjugation in the dialect of Berbenno (BG) 213
- Pseudo-coordination and cu-finite construction in Salento: a case of syntactic reanalysis 233
- Differential object marking in the dialects of Southern Calabria 255
- Language index
- Name index
- Subject index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
- Variation and change in transitivity alternations and argument realization in Italo-Romance 9
- Syntactic and functional broadening of the reflexive markers in Romance: for a typological approach 33
- The prosodic features of pragmatic chillo in Neapolitan: implications for syntax and diachrony 55
- On the surprising origin of what-particles in Italian dialects 79
- On the evolution of mesoclisis in the imperative in Western Lombard varieties 107
- Inflectional classes in Istriot: a first systematisation in diachrony and synchrony 127
- Parlare le cose: structural aspects and syntactic-semantic disambiguation of some Italo-Romance verba dicendi in a diachronic and synchronic perspective 143
- The mass neuter of Praianese: new data and some insights 163
- Differential possessive marking in Italo-Romance 187
- On the feminine plural definite article and the interrogative conjugation in the dialect of Berbenno (BG) 213
- Pseudo-coordination and cu-finite construction in Salento: a case of syntactic reanalysis 233
- Differential object marking in the dialects of Southern Calabria 255
- Language index
- Name index
- Subject index
