Published 2022
“…In an area comprising Brescia, Val
Trompia, Lago
d’Iseo, Valle Sabbia, Valbondione, Castione, and some localities in
Valcamonica, the ending of the 1SG, 3SG, and 3PL of all present subjunctives is a historically
unexpected and prima facie inexplicable -s; this -s also sometimes appears in the 2SG present
subjunctive.1 The appearance of an -s in these cells is unexpected because there is no source
for it in Latin present subjunctive morphology (cf. the first conjugation endings 1SG -EM 3SG -
ET 3PL -ENT). …”
Working paper