Towards a Typology of Zero Aboutness: Expletive A in Fornese and Chiru in Cilentano

This paper investigates the syntactic–pragmatic behavior of two expletive-like elements, namely a and chiru, in Fornese and Cilentano, two Romance varieties spoken in Northern and Southern Italy, respectively. We argue that a and chiru are not bona fide expletive subjects but discourse-pragmatic exp...

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Published in:	Languages (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 60
Main Authors:	De Cia, Simone, Cerullo, Mariangela
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2024
Subjects:	aboutness/shift Classroom communication Clauses Data collection Dialects Discourse expletive Expletives Grammatical subject Italian Dialects Kuki-Chin languages Language varieties Languages morpho-syntax Morphosyntax Neapolitan language Pragmatics Romance languages Satisfaction Syntax pragmatics interface topic Topics Italy
ISSN:	2226-471X, 2226-471X
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