In this paper we investigate suspected contact phenomena in dialectal syntax, by studying apparent similarities in the syntax of demonstratives in a selection of Romance and Greek dialects of Southern Italy. We show that DP-initial placement of demonstratives, widespread in all the dialects of Southern Italy, results from different diachronic processes, with the Italiot Greek dialects following paths independently attested in other dialectal groups, and therefore not necessarily driven (only) by contact.
Syntactic variation across Italian and Greek dialects: the case of demonstratives / Guardiano, Cristina; Michelioudakis, Dimitris. - (2016), pp. 1-2. (Intervento presentato al convegno The 11th Cambridge Italian Dialects Syntax Meeting (CIDSM11). tenutosi a Vienna nel 3-6 luglio).
Syntactic variation across Italian and Greek dialects: the case of demonstratives
GUARDIANO, Cristina;
2016
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In this paper we investigate suspected contact phenomena in dialectal syntax, by studying apparent similarities in the syntax of demonstratives in a selection of Romance and Greek dialects of Southern Italy. We show that DP-initial placement of demonstratives, widespread in all the dialects of Southern Italy, results from different diachronic processes, with the Italiot Greek dialects following paths independently attested in other dialectal groups, and therefore not necessarily driven (only) by contact.
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