Verb Movement in Romance: A Comparative Study (Rethinking Comparative Syntax) - Hardcover

Schifano, Norma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198804644 ISBN 13: 9780198804642

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This book provides a detailed account of verb movement across more than twenty standard and non-standard Romance varieties. Norma Schifano uses extensive empirical data to demonstrate that, contrary to traditional assumptions, it is possible to identify at least four distinct macro-typologies of verb movement in the Romance languages.

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About the Author

Norma Schifano has recently completed her PhD at Clare College, University of Cambridge, and is currently working as a Research Associate on the Leverhulme-funded research project 'Fading voices in Southern Italy: investigating language contact in Magna Graecia'. Her research interests include historical and synchronic Romance comparative morphosyntax, with a special focus on language contact; Mood, Tense, and Aspect marking; the functional make-up of the sentential core; verb movement, adverbial syntax, and cartography. She is the editor and translator of Renato Oniga's Latin: A Linguistic Introduction (OUP 2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198804644
• ISBN 13: 9780198804642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322