Dizionario della lingua italiana

Melzi, Robert C.; Palazzi, Fernando; Folena, Gianfranco; Marello, Carla; Marconi, Diego; Cortelazzo, Michele A.

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“…Despite this, authors propose a linear scale (Figure 1, from Montalto et al 2010: 4) that is based on "the information from grammars and dictionaries". In the Italian Dictionaries that we checked (Palazzi and Folena 1992;Migliorini and Cappuccini 1973) we found similar information. In Palazzi and Folena (1992), tanto is said to be sometimes used with the meaning of troppo 'too much'.…”

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“…In the Italian Dictionaries that we checked (Palazzi and Folena 1992;Migliorini and Cappuccini 1973) we found similar information. In Palazzi and Folena (1992), tanto is said to be sometimes used with the meaning of troppo 'too much'. In our experiment, we will examine the comprehension of the numerical bounds of molto and tanto: we will use the paradigm that has been proven successful on Slovenian (Stateva and Stepanov 2017) to probe for potential differences (in the context of competition) between the two Italian m-words in their function as NP modifiers.…”

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Two “many”-Words in Italian? On Molto-Tanto and Cross-linguistic Differences in Quantification

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Stateva

2023

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This article investigates the variability in the meaning of vague quantifiers across different languages, focusing on Italian’s m(any)-words molto and tanto. The aim was to replicate a previous analysis conducted on Slovenian m-words – precej and veliko – examining whether the Italian ones exhibit a similar pragmatic strengthening effect. Using a sentence-picture verification task, we tested 88 Italian monolingual participants on their evaluation of sentences of the form “Quantifier X are Y”. Our results showed that, unlike Slovenian speakers, Italian speakers do not exhibit a difference in the evaluation of molto and tanto, suggesting that the two words have the same numerical bound and are interchangeable as amount modifiers. Our analysis suggests that there are underlying semantic distinctions between molto and tanto that require further investigation. These findings contribute to our understanding of the variability in the use of quantifiers across languages and highlight the importance of examining subtle differences in meaning when studying vague quantifiers.

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Two “many”-Words in Italian? On Molto-Tanto and Cross-linguistic Differences in Quantification

Mazzaggio,

Stateva

2023

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“…A number of historical dictionaries are used for the lexicographic investigations: for English, the OED; for Italian, the Tommaseo-Bellini (henceforth TB 1861-1879), the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca (henceforth Crusca 1729-1738and Crusca 1863-1923, the Dizionario Moderno (Panzini 1905(Panzini -1935, the Appendice al Dizionario Moderno (Migliorini 1950) and the Grande Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (Battaglia 1961-2002. The modern and contemporary dictionaries are: Dizionario Garzanti della lingua italiana (Cusatelli 1965, henceforth, Garzanti 1965, Vocabolario della Lingua Italiana di Nicola Zingarelli (Cannella 2007, henceforth, Zing. 2008, Dizionario della Lingua Italiana De Mauro (henceforth, DM 2000), Il Sabatini Coletti (henceforth, DISC 2008), Il Devoto-Oli 2009 (Devoto & Oli 2008, henceforth, Devoto-Oli 2009, Il Devoto-Oli 2014 (Devoto & Oli, 2013henceforth, Devoto-Oli 2014, Grande Dizionario Italiano -Speciale 150 anni (Gabrielli 2011, henceforth, Hoepli 2011, Grande dizionario di Italiano (henceforth, GDI 2013), Vocabolario Treccani (henceforth, Treccani).…”

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From linguistic innovation to language change

Viola

2019

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This study investigates the diachrony of the Italian expression non c’è problema ‘no problem’ when used as a response marker (e.g., Tottie 1991; Ward 2006) to establish if it represents a case of language change (Milroy, 1992: 171). If on the one hand, the expression was indeed reported to be a neologism by Radtke in 1990, a careful exploration of the relevant literature on the other has revealed that a diachronic, quantitative and pragmatic investigation of its distribution has not been conducted yet. Methodologically, the study conducts lexicographic, quantitative and qualitative analyses over a range of historical and contemporary dictionaries and corpora and it performs statistical significance tests, such as the Log Likelihood and the Fisher’s exact test. The results will reveal not only that this marker started to be used in 1977, but also that today, it is the response marker preferred by language users, thus qualifying as a case of language change. Furthermore, by analysing the diachronic distribution of no problem in English, the article will also explore the possibility that English may have been the source language for such change.

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“…Cozzone came to mean 'horse-broker' or 'horse-breeder' (figuratively, 'matchmaker'). 104 The derivative verb cozzonare, 'to sell (horses)', is a possible origin to the English verb 'cozen'. 105 In short, the Romance evidence is relatively prolific and points in much the same direction: in the later Middle Ages, cocio lived on as a term for petty merchants.…”

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The Carolingian cocio: on the vocabulary of the early medieval petty merchant

Bobrycki

2023

Early Medieval Europe

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The word cocio (i.e. petty merchant or broker in classical Latin) was a rare term that after a long absence in written Latin reappeared in several Carolingian texts. Scholars have posited a medieval semantic shift from ‘merchant’ to ‘vagabond’. But this article argues that this consensus is erroneous. The Carolingian cocio continued to refer to petty commercial agents, that is, to small merchants. Furthermore, the term’s appearance in capitularies and its subsequent medieval vernacular afterlife together suggest that the term was borrowed from (unattested) proto‐Romance usage. A corrected history of the early medieval use of cocio illuminates the relationship between spoken and written Latin as well as aspects of social, religious, and economic history in the Carolingian period, and speaks to the promise of language to shed light on economic realities.

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Two “many”-Words in Italian? On Molto-Tanto and Cross-linguistic Differences in Quantification

Two “many”-Words in Italian? On Molto-Tanto and Cross-linguistic Differences in Quantification

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The Carolingian cocio: on the vocabulary of the early medieval petty merchant

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