On Preverbal Negation in Sicilian and Syntactic Parasitism

In this paper the authors describe two different cases of CP negation in Sicilian dialects. The first element is a left periphery adverb that is derived from a grammaticalized negative cleft. The second one is a negative head that is lexicalized when a higher functional projection is activated. Whil...

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Main Authors: Jacopo Garzonio, Cecilia Poletto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015-04-01
Series:Isogloss
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.es/isogloss/isogloss/article/view/18