New thoughts on an old puzzle: The Italian alternation type dissi, dicesti; feci, facesti
This study addresses the peculiar pattern of root-allomorphy exhibited by the Italo-Romance preterite. Stimulated by a recent study by Mark Elson, which depends on upholding the traditional view that the phenomenon in Italo-Romance is attributable to sound change and to the subsequent analogical ext...
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John Benjamins Publishing
2017
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