La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini

In this paper I analyse the variation displayed by Old Venetan texts regarding Negative Concord with preverbal items. Venetian displays strict Negative Concord, while Paduan and Veronese have mandatory preverbal negation only with negative adverbs and the negative coordination particle. With argume...

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Main Author: Jacopo Garzonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2019-05-01
Series:Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/asgm/article/view/11427
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spelling doaj-7bbd4628369b4541bd0a293625f72c332021-08-17T09:13:51ZengUniversità degli Studi di MilanoAtti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese1972-99012019-05-01201712 n.s.10.13130/1972-9901/11427La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle OriginiJacopo Garzonio In this paper I analyse the variation displayed by Old Venetan texts regarding Negative Concord with preverbal items. Venetian displays strict Negative Concord, while Paduan and Veronese have mandatory preverbal negation only with negative adverbs and the negative coordination particle. With argumental quantifiers (like ‘nobody’) preverbal negation is very rare in these varieties. I propose that the distribution is driven by two factors: the category of the preverbal negative item, and its structural position above the inflected verb.   KEYWORDS: Old Venetan, Italian dialects, syntax, negation, negative concord https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/asgm/article/view/11427
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La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini
Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese
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title La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini
title_short La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini
title_full La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini
title_fullStr La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini
title_full_unstemmed La concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle Origini
title_sort la concordanza negativa nel volgare veneto delle origini
publisher Università degli Studi di Milano
series Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese
issn 1972-9901
publishDate 2019-05-01
description In this paper I analyse the variation displayed by Old Venetan texts regarding Negative Concord with preverbal items. Venetian displays strict Negative Concord, while Paduan and Veronese have mandatory preverbal negation only with negative adverbs and the negative coordination particle. With argumental quantifiers (like ‘nobody’) preverbal negation is very rare in these varieties. I propose that the distribution is driven by two factors: the category of the preverbal negative item, and its structural position above the inflected verb.   KEYWORDS: Old Venetan, Italian dialects, syntax, negation, negative concord
url https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/asgm/article/view/11427
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