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Introduction
2014
Studying Ancient Greek offers new insights for linguistic theory. Thanks to the amount of available written data of a large corpus at our disposal, it is possible for a linguist to test hypotheses from modern theories in order to explain language phenomena, without disregarding a description according to methodologies adopted in traditional analyses of ancient languages. In particular, the morphological complexity of the Greek verb with its highly intricate inflectional system provide a valuable basis for an in-depth-analysis of the mechanisms which regulate the functioning of a language in the mind of the speaker. Crucially, in recent times also deductive methodologies adopted in the gener…
Strutture tempo-aspettuali nel siciliano e nell'italiano regionale di Sicilia
2020
Starting from the data collected for Linguistic Atlas of Sicily (translation questionnaire, speech, ethnotexts) we propose a description of the Time and Aspect system of the varieties of contemporary Sicilian and regional Italian of Sicily. In particular, the expression of temporality is examined both in relation to the narration of past events and the existence of a Future Tense in Sicilian. The expression of Aspect is examinated through the use of synthetic and periphrastic structures. Without pretension of exhaustiveness, the description returns the uses of the speakers differentiated by age, level of education and language of first socialization and contributes to delineate a framework …
The Greek Verb. Morphology, Syntax, Semantics. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Greek Linguistics. Agrigento, October 1-3, 2009
2014
Despite the difficulties of reconstructing the grammar of a dead language, studying Ancient Greek offers new insights for linguistic theory. The morphological complexity of the Greek verb with its highly intricate inflectional system provide a valuable basis for an in-depth-analysis of the mechanisms which regulate the functioning of a language. Studies on the Ancient Greek verb have also contributed significantly to the reconstruction of the Indo-European language since the early history of Linguistics in the nineteenth century. The conservative features preserved in the oldest stages of Greek allow us to rely on a solid basis to which every linguist must refer in investigating a model of …