The morphosyntactic structure of number in Italian and Albanian. High and low plurals

Manzini, M. Rita

doi:10.5565/rev/catjl.319

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“…The functional lexicon introduces properties which are only "more elementary, and therefore typically partitioning the conceptual universe into much vaster classes than the exponents of (traditional) lexical categories" (Franco 2019, p.112). Essentially, we argue that the lexicon precedes syntax, and projects it, following the minimalist principle of Inclusiveness (see Chomsky 1995;Savoia 2011a, 2018;Manzini , 2020. Thus, the question of how the elements projected from the lexicon interact with one another under the Merge operation (effectively building morpho-syntactic structures) is crucial, from our perspective.…”

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Derivational Relators in Italian

Franco

Lorusso

2022

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The present paper addresses the categorial content of affixes forming a set of denominal adjectives in Italian, arguing that they are substantially the derivational counterpart of oblique case/adpositions. Specifically, we argue that they act as elementary relators, following Manzini and Franco, who characterized oblique cases and prepositions as general relators expressing the relations is-included (⊆)/includes (⊇), or, in other words, their content is what Belvin and den Dikken dubbed “zonal inclusion”.

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Section: Cross-categorial Syncretism: a Step Beyond Paradigms/categoriesmentioning

confidence: 86%

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Lorusso

2022

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-ŋ plurals in North Lombard varieties

Manzini

Savoia

Baldi

2021

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We focus on North Lombard -a and -n feminine plurals, for which we provide a morphological analysis. At the syntactic level, the relevant varieties are characterized by the phenomenon of Differential Plural Marking, whereby phasal domains have different realizations of plural morphology on the head of the phase and on the complement of the phase. We provide an account of DPM based on the assumption that under the PIC the complement of the phase and its head are externalized separately. We draw consequences concerning clitics as phasal heads as well as object agreement with participles and with finite verbs.

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The morphosyntactic structure of number in Italian and Albanian. High and low plurals

Cited by 19 publications

References 30 publications

Derivational Relators in Italian

Derivational Relators in Italian

-ŋ plurals in North Lombard varieties

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