Simplification or Complexification: Auxiliary Selection and Anti-agreement Effect in Brazilian Venetan

In this paper we discuss a change in the auxiliary selectional pattern of Brazilian Venetan, a heritage Italo-Romance variety spoken in southern Brazil. Venetan varieties display a default form of the past participle in constructions with postverbal subjects and a fully agreeing form in constructio...

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Main Authors: Roberta D’Alessandro, Alberto Frasson
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2023-06-01
Series:Catalan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/381