| Title: | Verb-Initial Orders in Old Romance: A Comparative Account |
| Author: | Sam Wolfe |
| Publication: | Revue roumaine de linguistique, LX (2-3), p. 147-172 Variation syntaxique / Syntactic Variation Edited by Jenneke van der Wal, Adina Dragomirescu and Alexandru Nicolae |
| p-ISSN: | 0035-3957 |
| Publisher: | Editura Academiei |
| Place: | București |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | Against the backdrop of controversy over the correct analysis of Old Romance clausal structure, this article presents a comparative typology of the V1 orders found within seven Old Romance texts. Evidence is presented that all the languages under consideration feature V-to-CFin movement and are thus types of verb-second (V2) grammar. The languages present a pattern of rich microvariation with regard to V1 phenomena however. The Old Sicilian, Old Occitan and Old Venetian varieties considered are argued to present widespread V1 which is employed as a discourse- marked word order alternative. In the later Old Spanish text presented V1 is attested as a marked word order, but is exceptionally rare. Old Sardinian contrasts with the other varieties is licensing generalised V1, derived via V-to-CFin movement. Later Old French makes use of the initial particle SI, in cases where the other varieties license V1 orders. |
| Key words: | Old Romance, V1 order, V2 grammar, V-movement |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf  html |
Citations to this publication: 3
| 4 | Alexandru Nicolae | Word Order and Parameter Change in Romanian A Comparative Romance Perspective | Oxford University Press | 2019 | |
| 1 | Florin Sterian | Bibliografia românească de lingvistică (BRL, 58, 2015). Lucrări de lingvistică apărute în țara noastră în cursul anului 2015 | LR, LXV (2), 181-333 | 2016 | |
| 16 | Alexandru Nicolae | Ordinea constituenţilor în limba română: o perspectivă diacronică Structura propoziţiei şi deplasarea verbului | Editura Universității din București | 2015 |
References in this publication: 1
| 30 | Adam Ledgeway | Grammatica diacronica del napoletano (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, Band 350) | Max Niemeyer Verlag | 2009 | html |
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