Articles of Italian unite! Italian definite articles without allomorphy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20258642 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noam Faust (0000-0001-8155-5136, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Nicola Lampitelli (0000-0002-7486-9206, Université de Tours, corresponding author), Shanti Úlfsbjörninn (0000-0001-7273-8408, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-385 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cnj.2018.8 |
| OpenAlex | W2796524230 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article examines the various realizations of the Italian definite article and concludes, against all previous accounts of this phenomenon, that neither the singular nor the plural realizations constitute a case of allomorphy stricto sensu . Significantly extending Larsen's (1998) analysis, the paper argues that all of the realizations of the definite article, including the problematic [i] and [ʎi], share a single underlying representation. It is proposed that the definite article is associated with a template with separate sites for definiteness and φ-features. It is further argued that [ʎ] is not a primitive entity in Italian; rather, it emerges from a very specific configuration in which /i/ and /l/ are conjoined and followed by a second realized vowel /i/. The templatic and segmental decompositions yield a morphologically unified analysis in which all of the realizations of the definite article are based on a single lexical representation followed by the application of regular phonology
Allomorph · Definiteness · Epistemology · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Phonology · Plural · Political science · Representation (politics) · Vowel · Law · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |