Jessica Rita Messina
Biographic Data
| ID | 1714910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Rita Messina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Messina |
| SIGNATURE | MESSINA J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Padua |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Negative Concord and language contact
In this article we analyze how the Arbëresh variety spoken in Piana degli Albanesi, in Sicily, has changed its original strict Negative Concord system (as seen in Albanian) to a non-strict one under the influence of Sicilian and, more recently, Italian. After describing the peculiar language contact environment which is found in Piana, we propose an account of the variation based on the idea that Negative Concord, i.e. the presence of sentential …
A Special (Question) View on Wh-Doubling in Lombard Varieties
In this article, we examine a specific type of Wh-Doubling (WhD) that can be observed in some Northern Lombard varieties. Differently from all the previous types of WhD described for Lombard and other Northern Italo-Romance varieties, in the phenomenon we analyze, the two wh-forms are identical and display the -ɛ morpheme. Furthermore, in all the varieties where this type of WhD is present, it is associated with the encoding of special questions …
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A Special (Question) View on Wh-Doubling in Lombard Varieties
In this article, we examine a specific type of Wh-Doubling (WhD) that can be observed in some Northern Lombard varieties. Differently from all the previous types of WhD described for Lombard and other Northern Italo-Romance varieties, in the phenomenon we analyze, the two wh-forms are identical and display the -ɛ morpheme. Furthermore, in all the varieties where this type of WhD is present, it is associated with the encoding of special questions …
Negative Concord and language contact
In this article we analyze how the Arbëresh variety spoken in Piana degli Albanesi, in Sicily, has changed its original strict Negative Concord system (as seen in Albanian) to a non-strict one under the influence of Sicilian and, more recently, Italian. After describing the peculiar language contact environment which is found in Piana, we propose an account of the variation based on the idea that Negative Concord, i.e. the presence of sentential …
Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Algorithm (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Hierarchy (1 work) · History (1 work)