基本説明
This monograph investigates the syntax of the finite verb in Mòcheno, a minority language spoken in a German speech island of Northern Italy. This book contributes to our understanding of the verb-second phenomenon and sheds new light on the asymmetries between Old Romance and Germanic verb-second languages.
Full Description
This monograph investigates the syntax of the finite verb in Mòcheno, a minority language spoken in a German speech island of Northern Italy. Basing her study on detailed new data collected during extensive fieldwork, and focusing on finite verb movement; on multiple access to the left periphery; on pro licensing and on the distribution of OV/VO word orders, the author refutes the traditional view that the syntactic variation found in Mòcheno is due to the presence of two competing grammars as a consequence of contact with Romance varieties and accounts for the peculiarities of Mòcheno syntax within a theory couched in the framework of Generative Grammar. This book contributes to our understanding of the verb-second phenomenon and sheds new light on the asymmetries between Old Romance and Germanic verb-second languages. A useful tool for all linguists working on both theoretical and comparative syntax and to anyone interested in language variation, dialectology and typology.
Contents
1. Acknowledgments; 2. List of abbreviations; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. 2. Mocheno and the V2 phenomenon; 5. 3. The syntax of subject pronouns; 6. 4. Satisfaction of EPP and realization of subjects; 7. 5. Mocheno as a partial pro-drop language; 8. 6. Multiple access to CP and asymmetric pro-drop; 9. 7. Conclusions; 10. References; 11. Appendix; 12. Index
