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Conditional connection explored: the case of Sicilian cusà
2022
Abstract Stemming from a wh-question, the Sicilian marker cusà (cu sa ‘who knows’) expresses several epistemic meanings, which can also reach the realm of conditionality. The paper explores the discourse profile of cusà as it emerges from the analysis of diachronic data (from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) and present-day informal Sicilian, namely spoken Sicilian and present-day informal Sicilian as written by speakers on the web. These data suggest a possible path of development leading from the wh-question to new functions. We propose that the origin of this development can be explained in the light of the strategy of the “impossible question”, while the diverse functions of cus…
Proteus: Adverbial multi-word expressions in Italian and their cognate counterparts in -mente
2022
Abstract: This contribution focuses on Italian adverbs ending in -mente (e.g. lussuosamente ‘luxuriously’) with an analytic counterpart (a multi-word expression, MWE) which is etymologically related and it is capable of equally performing the adverbial function (e.g. di lusso). Two sentences diverging only in this regard have the same truth values and they entail each other. Morphologically, such adverbial MWEs are formed by a preposition which is followed by a noun/adjective sharing the content morpheme of the -mente adverb. However, in some contexts the cognate –mente adverb cannot replace its MWE. For instance, only adjectival MWEs can be used as predicates in copular constructions (La f…
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…
Linguistica Lettica, Nr. 1
1997
A diachronic corpus-based analysis of epistemic adverbials in the White House press briefings
2011
This article is part of a wider project aimed at outlining the evolotionary trends in the White House press Briefings as a genre.
Assertions conjecturales dans deux œuvres de Toivo Pekkanen
1997
Tämä tutkielma on deskriptiivis-kontrastiivinen tutkimus suomen ja ranskan välillä. Tarkoituksena oli etsiä arvelemisen ilmaisimet Toivo Pekkasen kahdesta teoksesta ja niiden ranskannoksista. Arvelevat väitteet edustavat episteemistä modaliteettia, joka antaa ilmaukselle merkityksen ’mahdollinen’ tai ’todennäköinen’. Vertailun avulla olen pyrkinyt löytämään ne lingvistiset keinot, joilla ranskassa ilmaistaan episteemistä modaliteettia. Tutkimukseni kohteena olivat ranskan futuuri, suomen synteettinen potentiaali ja analyyttistä potentiaalia edustavat epävarmuuden adverbit ’ehkä’, ’kai’, ’kenties’ sekä arvelua ilmaiseva konditionaali. Synteettisellä potentiaalilla tarkoitetaan suomen potenti…
Do well, do good: fare bene, benino, benone, benissimo. Italian lexicography in disarray
2012
Entre la sintaxis y el discurso: el caso de 'a lo mejor' y 'al menos' en la conversación coloquial
2018
This paper studies the Spanish forms a lo mejor (maybe) and al menos (at least) from a modular perspective, revisiting the categorization of a lo major and al menos according to the involved linguistic level and analyzing the relations between the adverbial uses of these forms and the discursive ones. Such relations show that the forms a lo mejor and al menos can be considered bicategorial lexical items, what is implemented by a corpus study based on data from spoken language.
Konstrukciju bezpriedēkļa darbības vārds + apstākļa vārds un priedēkļa darbības vārds + apstākļa vārds attieksmes un lietojums latviešu valodā
2020
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt bezpriedēkļa verba + adverba un priedēkļverba + adverba konstrukciju lietojumu un savstarpējās attieksmes latviešu valodā, kā arī šais konstrukcijās iesaistīto verbu un adverbu leksiskās nozīmes. Darbs sastāv no ievada, trim nodaļām, secinājumiem un izmantotās literatūras saraksta. Pirmajā nodaļā aprakstīts verba veids un konstrukcijas verbs + adverbs. Otrajā nodaļā aplūkotas un analizētas konstrukcijas bezpriedēkļa verbs + adverbs, trešajā nodaļā – konstrukcijas priedēkļa verbs + adverbs. Darbā izmantota aprakstošā, salīdzinošā, distributīvā un transformatīvā metode.
La linguistica vista dalle Alpi. Teoria, lessicografia e multilinguismo
2019
Il volume raccoglie contributi che hanno come principale tema di ricerca la multiforme realtà linguistica dell’ambiente alpino. Essi indagano fenomeni linguistici di lingue standard e di minoranza appartenenti ai gruppi romanzo e germanico. Il libro si compone di quatto sezioni: modelli teorici, valenza e lessicografia, linguistica delle varietà e multilinguismo e le lingue nel Trentino-Alto Adige. The contributions of this book deal with the diverse linguistic situation of the Alps by focusing on phenomena of standard and minority languages which belong to the Romance and Germanic group. They address four main topics which correspond to the four sections of the book: linguistic theory, val…