The present work investigates some aspects of the syntax of nominal structures in the two minority varieties of Greek spoken in Salento (henceforth Grico) and in Southern Calabria (henceforth Bovese), which we compare to three Romance dialects, namely Sicilian, Salentino and Northern Calabrian, along with Greek, Italian, and a selection of attested ancient varieties. In particular, the structures associated with adjectival modification will be explored. It will be shown that the observable behavior of the adjectives in the Greek and Romance varieties under analysis derives from a non-trivial interaction of phenomena associated with both historical (genealogical) change and contact-induced (horizontal) variation.
Greek and Romance in Southern Italy: history and contact in nominal structures / Guardiano, Cristina; M., Stavrou. - STAMPA. - 1:(2012), pp. 1-2. (Intervento presentato al convegno Italian Dialects Meeting tenutosi a Leiden nel May 23-26, 2012).
Greek and Romance in Southern Italy: history and contact in nominal structures
GUARDIANO, Cristina;
2012
Abstract
The present work investigates some aspects of the syntax of nominal structures in the two minority varieties of Greek spoken in Salento (henceforth Grico) and in Southern Calabria (henceforth Bovese), which we compare to three Romance dialects, namely Sicilian, Salentino and Northern Calabrian, along with Greek, Italian, and a selection of attested ancient varieties. In particular, the structures associated with adjectival modification will be explored. It will be shown that the observable behavior of the adjectives in the Greek and Romance varieties under analysis derives from a non-trivial interaction of phenomena associated with both historical (genealogical) change and contact-induced (horizontal) variation.
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