Francoprovençal: a spatial analysis of ‘partitive articles’ and potential correlates in Swiss and Italian varieties
| Autor: | Ihsane, Tabea, Winistörfer, Oliver, Stark, Elisabeth |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Předmět: |
3310 Linguistics and Language
Linguistics and Language UFSP13-3 Language and Space 470 Latin & Italic languages 460 Spanish & Portuguese languages 410 Linguistics 450 Italian Romanian & related languages 800 Literature rhetoric & criticism 1203 Language and Linguistics Language and Linguistics 440 French & related languages 10103 Institute of Romance Studies 11551 Zurich Center for Linguistics |
| Popis: | In this paper, we focus on partitive articles (PAs), i.e., determiners which, generally, have an indefinite interpretation, and on one of their potential correlates, i.e., invariable de, in Francoprovençal, a non-standardized, highly endangered Gallo-Romance language (cf. Zulato, Kasstan & Nagy 2018), and show the fine-grained spatial distribution of these elements in the Swiss and Aosta Valley (Italy) varieties. Presenting several maps based on fieldwork data from Valais (Switzerland) and the Aosta Valley (Italy), we demonstrate that the spatial distribution of PAs and de is more complex than reported in the literature: we complement the basic subdivision of Francoprovençal into two types, Francoprovençal A and B (cf. Kristol 2014, 2016), with a more nuanced picture, in which the morphosyntactic features of PAs play a crucial role: in Francoprovençal A, the presence of PAs depends on the syntactic context whereas, in Francoprovençal B, their presence is limited mainly to two areas, in which singular and plural PAs do not occur together (one area only has singular PAs whereas the other one only has plural PAs). We also show that there is no correlation between phonologically overt plural marking on nouns and absence of PAs; however, we found a correlation between overt sigmatic number marking on nouns and absence of PAs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|