Syntactic Variation The Dialects of Italy
Syntactic Variation: The Dialects of Italy by Roberta D’Alessandro, published by Cambridge University Press on July 19, 2012, is a comprehensive examination of the dialects of Italy, including those from Sardinia and Sicily. This 368-page book delves into the study of Romance languages, highlighting how they can illuminate variations in sentence structure. The author explores three key thematic areas: the nominal domain, the verbal domain, and the left periphery of the clause, providing insights into the unique characteristics of these dialects.
Readers will find a detailed analysis that positions Italian dialects as a significant resource for understanding syntactic theory and historical linguistics. The book presents a wealth of data that challenges conventional ideas about language structure and change, emphasizing the unprecedented variation found in these dialects compared to Germanic languages. This edition serves as an important reference for those interested in linguistics and the complexities of language arts.
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This book was first published in 2010. The study of Romance languages can tell us a great deal about sentence structure and its variation in general. Focusing on the dialects of Italy – including the islands of Sardinia and Sicily – the authors explore three thematic areas: the nominal domain, the verbal domain and the left periphery of the clause. The book gives fresh attention to the dialects, arguing that they offer an unprecedented degree of variation (not found, for example, in Germanic languages). Analysing a host of data, the authors show how the dialects can be used as a test-bed for investigating and challenging received ideas about language structure and change. Coherent and wide-ranging, this is a vital resource for those working in syntactic theory, historical linguistics and Romance languages.
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