Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance
This article analyzes the distribution of conditional clauses in multiple complementizer constructions, showing that preposed adverbial clauses could occupy in early Italo-Romance varieties different specifier positions within the left periphery of embedded clauses, a possibility that has been lost...
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| description | This article analyzes the distribution of conditional clauses in multiple complementizer constructions, showing that preposed adverbial clauses could occupy in early Italo-Romance varieties different specifier positions within the left periphery of embedded clauses, a possibility that has been lost with time in Italo-Romance but is still attested in modern Ibero-Romance. It is further argued that in multiple complementizer structures the highest complementizer invariably lexicalizes the head Force°, while the other occurrences of the complementizer mark the lower boundary of the main two Topic subfields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c242a24192134542b56c470cc411c2532023-01-18T09:49:46ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Linguistica0024-39222350-420X2016-12-0156110.4312/linguistica.56.1.211-224Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romanceNicola Munaro0Università Ca’ Foscari VeneziaThis article analyzes the distribution of conditional clauses in multiple complementizer constructions, showing that preposed adverbial clauses could occupy in early Italo-Romance varieties different specifier positions within the left periphery of embedded clauses, a possibility that has been lost with time in Italo-Romance but is still attested in modern Ibero-Romance. It is further argued that in multiple complementizer structures the highest complementizer invariably lexicalizes the head Force°, while the other occurrences of the complementizer mark the lower boundary of the main two Topic subfields.https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/7207complementizer doublingconditional clauseIbero-RomanceItalo-RomanceTopic field |
| spellingShingle | Nicola Munaro Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance Linguistica complementizer doubling conditional clause Ibero-Romance Italo-Romance Topic field |
| title | Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance |
| title_full | Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance |
| title_fullStr | Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance |
| title_short | Localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery: evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance |
| title_sort | localizing conditional clauses in the left periphery evidence from multiple complementizer constructions in romance |
| topic | complementizer doubling conditional clause Ibero-Romance Italo-Romance Topic field |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/7207 |
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