Some considerations on the syntax of expletive subjects in Old Venetan and the emergence of subject clitics
Old Venetan varieties display different forms of third person subject pronouns. In particular, the reduced monosyllabic and asyllabic forms are strongly related to the expletive subject function. Even if the reduced forms do not have the same distribution of subject clitics in Modern Venetan, it can...
Main Author: | Jacopo Garzonio |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Milano University Press
2021-12-01
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Series: | Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese |
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Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/asgm/article/view/16696 |
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