Clitic climbing across Italy

Variation, optionality, and the role of bilectalism

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ID4861482
AuthorsAnna Cardinaletti (0000-0002-9347-3434, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, corresponding author), Giuliana Giusti (0000-0002-4574-3866, Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Gianluca E Lebani (0000-0002-3588-1077, Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Year2025
Volume26
Issue1
Pages76-96
Publication date2025-09-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistic Variation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-6834 • E-ISSN: 2211-6842
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lv.24065.car
OpenAlexW4414351778
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

This study discusses clitic placement in restructuring contexts in Italian and the Italo-Romance dialects spoken in Italy. The data come from AIS map 1086 and a judgement task experiment conducted on bilectal speakers of Italian and the dialect at six representative points in the Italian territory. The variation between clitic climbing and enclisis turns out to be much more complex than previous literature has suggested. The two clitic positions are available to all varieties, but at different rates and with different degrees of optionality. Optionality can be analysed as a function of language dominance in an intricate fashion

Climbing · Clitic · Judgement · Restructuring · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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