A Comparative Syntax of the Dialects of Southern Italy: A Minimalist ApproachISBN: 978-0-631-22166-1
Paperback
300 pages
January 2000, Wiley-Blackwell
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* Offers a valuable insight into the little studied syntax of the
dialects of southern Italy.
* Makes a significant contribution towards cataloguing the linguistic typology of dialect syntax within the Italian peninsula, bridging the gap between the familiar data of standard Romance and those of lesser known Romance varieties.
* Combines an account of previously unexplored descriptive problems with a principled explanation for them, without compromising either of these two complementary aspects of syntactic research.
* Makes a significant contribution towards cataloguing the linguistic typology of dialect syntax within the Italian peninsula, bridging the gap between the familiar data of standard Romance and those of lesser known Romance varieties.
* Combines an account of previously unexplored descriptive problems with a principled explanation for them, without compromising either of these two complementary aspects of syntactic research.