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La costruzione tian (tun) + infinito nel dialetto tedesco di Merano*

2012

This article deals with the 'do-support' phenomenon in the German Tyrolean dialect spoken in Merano/Meran (Northern Italy). We show that it is used in various contexts, which do not correspond to the contexts in which English resorts to do-support. In some of these contexts the do-support is obligatory, while in others it is optional.

South TyrolsintassiSettore L-LIN/14 - Lingua E Traduzione - Lingua Tedescado-supporttiroleseAlto AdigeDialetti tedeschiTyroleanGerman dialectsyntaxSettore L-LIN/01 - Glottologia E Linguistica
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On the Syntax of Fronted Adverbial Clauses in Two Tyrolean Dialects: The Distribution of Resumptive Semm

2023

Abstract This chapter discusses adverbial resumption in two Tyrolean dialects, Meranese and Mòcheno, which represent two privileged environments for investigations on microvariation. We show that certain classes of fronted adverbials are resumed in both languages by the resumptive element semm (lit. “there, then”), which behaves semantically like a generalized resumptive because it is used with a variety of adverbial clauses. However, unlike the Norwegian generalized resumptive studied by Christine Meklenborg, semm is a maximal category and cannot resume nominal arguments. We demonstrate that resumption with semm is limited to central adverbial clauses (e.g. temporal clauses), while periphe…

Tyrolean German Syntax Verb Second Pragmatics Adverbial clausesVerb SecondSettore L-LIN/14 - Lingua E Traduzione - Lingua Tedescaleft peripheryResumptive elements Left dislocation Hanging Topic fronting left periphery Verb Second.Left dislocationHanging TopicResumptive elementsfrontingSettore L-LIN/01 - Glottologia E Linguistica
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