Explorations in Aromanian Morpho-Syntax: NPs, Prepositional Contexts and Infinitives

Autor: Leonardo Maria Savoia, Benedetta Baldi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Languages, Vol 9, Iss 2, p 46 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2226-471X
DOI: 10.3390/languages9020046
Popis: The main topic of this article is the relationship between morphosyntactic contexts and nominal inflections in Aromanian varieties of southern Albania. These varieties have a specialized inflection in the plural definite and feminine singular nouns, associated with genitive, dative, and prepositional contexts, where it is preceded by a Possessive Introducer. We present a detailed picture of the microvariation that characterizes the different systems. The broad syncretism that emerges suggests a rethinking of the syntactic status of inflections and the notion of Case. Our approach assumes that morphology is based on Merge within the syntactic computation and that sub-word elements are provided with interpretable content. This theoretical model will also guide us in the study of prepositions and their distribution.
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