Illusions in the nP domain -- Syntax-phonology mismatches in Italo-romance gender and number systems

titleIllusions in the nP domain -- Syntax-phonology mismatches in Italo-romance gender and number systems
start_date2023/10/16
schedule10h-12h
onlineno
location_infosalle 124 & Zoom
summaryThis talks focuses on some unexpected patterns displayed by the DPs of (i) a set of Northern- Italian varieties spoken in Lunigiana (MS), and (ii) Standard Italian. In both cases, unexpectedness concerns (i) the linear ordering of the PL marker, which surfaces closer to the root than the F marker, as in peg@r-jPL -aPL ‘sheep.PL’, and (ii) its distribution within the DP, the PL marker surfacing on almost all logically possible subsets of DP-internal constituents (Art, Dem, Q, Poss, A). …
responsiblesCabredo Hofherr