This paper tackles the topic of Latin influence on Italo-Romance syntax by addressing the question how to combine the analysis of structural data with socio-historical reflections. It views the genre and discourse tradition of a given medieval text as governing the extent to which Latin is used as a model in this text. The paper proposes a methodology which incorporates consideration of the historical, cultural, and sociolinguistic context of language change, focusing on evidence from the development of present participles in Italo-Romance. The main conclusion is that, rather than talking about the general influence of Latin syntax on Italian, we should be examining the influence of particular Latin models on the syntax of different texts written in Italo-Romance varieties in a given historical period.
On the notion of linguistic influence in syntax: Evidence from medieval Italo-Romance texts / Greco, P.. - In: BELGIAN JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS. - ISSN 0774-5141. - 33:1(2019), pp. 11-42. [10.1075/bjl.00021.gre]
On the notion of linguistic influence in syntax: Evidence from medieval Italo-Romance texts
Greco P.
2019
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This paper tackles the topic of Latin influence on Italo-Romance syntax by addressing the question how to combine the analysis of structural data with socio-historical reflections. It views the genre and discourse tradition of a given medieval text as governing the extent to which Latin is used as a model in this text. The paper proposes a methodology which incorporates consideration of the historical, cultural, and sociolinguistic context of language change, focusing on evidence from the development of present participles in Italo-Romance. The main conclusion is that, rather than talking about the general influence of Latin syntax on Italian, we should be examining the influence of particular Latin models on the syntax of different texts written in Italo-Romance varieties in a given historical period.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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Descrizione: Source: Belgian Journal of Linguistics, Volume 33, Issue 1, Dec 2019, p. 11 - 42 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/bjl.00021.gre Under copyright Contact publisher for re-use The study has been conducted in the framework of the SIR project “Linguistic facts and cultural history: disentangling the paths of the influence of Latin on Italo-Romance varieties in the Middle Ages (XIII-XV century)” funded by the Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR). This is not the final published version of the paper
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