Intraclade Contact from an I-Language Perspective. The Noun Phrase in the Ligurian/Occitan amphizone

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ID5900307
AuthorsDiego Pescarini (0000-0002-2851-6442, Bases, Corpus, Langage, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume6
Issue2
Pages77
Publication date2021-04-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages6020077
OpenAlexW3152973014
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This article aims to compare some traits that characterise the syntax of the noun phrase in the Occitan/Ligurian amphizone (i.e., contact area) that lies at the border between southern France and northwestern Italy. The dialects spoken in this area differ in several syntactic traits that emerged in a situation of contact between dialects of different subgroups (Ligurian and Occitan), two roofing languages (Italian and French), and regional contact languages such as Genoese. In particular, I will elaborate on the syntax of mass and indefinite plural nouns, on the co-occurrence of determiners and possessives, and on the syntax of kinship terms. From an I-language perspective, the fine variation observed at the Occitan/Ligurian border raises two types of research questions: (a) which comparative concepts best capture the observed variation; (b) whether intraclade contact (i.e., contact between languages of the same branch) can contribute relevant evidence and arguments to the debate concerning the biological endowment of the language faculty

Geography · Language contact · Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Perspective (graphical · Plural · Possessive · Syntax · Variation (astronomy · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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