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The Dialects of Italy (Romance Linguistics) [Hardcover]

Dr Martin Maiden (Editor), Martin Maiden (Editor), Mair Parry (Editor)

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Publication Date: March 24, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0415111048 | ISBN-13: 978-0415111041 | Edition: 1

This book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general linguistic theory. Selected contents include:
* Phonology
* Morphology
* Syntax
* Lexis
* The Dialect Areas * Sociolinguistics of Dialects
Contributors: Paola Benica; Gaetano Berruto; Guglielmo Cinque; Michela Cennamo; Patrizia Cordin; Thamas Cravens; Marie-Jose Dalbera Stefanaggi; Franco Fanciullo; Werner Forner; Luciano Giannelli; John Hajek; Hermann Haller; Robert Hastings; Michael Jones; Michele Loporcaro; Martin Maiden; Marco Mazzoleni; Zarko Miljacic; Mair Parry; Cecilia Poletto; Lorenzo Renzi; Lori Repetti; Giovanni Ruffino; Giampaolo Salvi; Glauco Sanga; Leonardo Savoia; Alberto Sobrero; Rosanna Sornicola; Tullio Telmon; John Trumper; Edward Tuttle; Alberto Valvaro; Laura Vanelli; Ugo Vignuzzi; Nigel Vincent; Irene Vogel.

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* Phonology
* Morphology
* Syntax
* Lexis
* The Dialect Areas * Sociolinguistics of Dialects
Contributors: Paola Benica; Gaetano Berruto; Guglielmo Cinque; Michela Cennamo; Patrizia Cordin; Thamas Cravens; Marie-Jose Dalbera Stefanaggi; Franco Fanciullo; Werner Forner; Luciano Giannelli; John Hajek; Hermann Haller; Robert Hastings; Michael Jones; Michele Loporcaro; Martin Maiden; Marco Mazzoleni; Zarko Miljacic; Mair Parry; Cecilia Poletto; Lorenzo Renzi; Lori Repetti; Giovanni Ruffino; Giampaolo Salvi; Glauco Sanga; Leonardo Savoia; Alberto Sobrero; Rosanna Sornicola; Tullio Telmon; John Trumper; Edward Tuttle; Alberto Valvaro; Laura Vanelli; Ugo Vignuzzi; Nigel Vincent; Irene Vogel.

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Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 24, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415111048
ISBN-13: 978-0415111041
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
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First Sentence:
Virtually all dialects display vowel systems derivable from one of two historically underlying patterns, often labelled 'Sardinian' and 'Western' (cf.Vincent (1988a: 30-4)). Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metaphonic alternation, oblique clitics, unstressed vowel system, many northern varieties, bimoraic norm, raddoppiamento fonosintattico, dialetto alla lingua, most northern dialects, many northern dialects, low mid vowels, degenerate syllable, unsyllabified consonant, clitic subject pronouns, canonical passives, final unstressed vowels, subject clitics, prepositional accusative, high mid vowels, dialettologia italiana, stressed open syllables, dialetti veneti, other southern dialects, pretonic vowels, primary word stress, surrounding dialects

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Class One, Class Two, Alpine Lombard, Blasco Ferrer, Val Bormida, New York, Canton Ticino, Class Three, Late Latin, Massariello Merzagora, Middle Ages, Maffei Bellucci, Phonological Utterance, Rome-Ancona Line, Italian Americans, Val Gardena, Via Emilia, Ascoli Piceno, Giorgio Jonico, Latin America, Laura Vanelli, Kingdom of Naples, Martina Franca, Palo del Colle, Reggio Calabria

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This book cites 3 books:

A Linguistic History of Italian (Longman Linguistics Library) by Martin Maiden in Front Matter
The evolution of French syntax: A comparative approach (Longman linguistics library ; 22) by Martin Harris in Back Matter
Italic and Romance: Linguistic Studies in Honor of Ernst Pulgram (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) by Herbert J. Izzo in Back Matter

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The Syntax of Italian Dialects (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Christina Tortora on page 228, page 248, and Back Matter
The Syntax of Italian Dialects (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Christina Tortora on page 228, page 248, and Back Matter
Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Guglielmo Cinque in Back Matter
Italian Cultural Studies: An Introduction by David Forgacs on page 101
Constraints and Preferences (Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs, No 134) by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Koaczyk on page 288

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