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- Title
Explorations in Aromanian Morpho-Syntax: NPs, Prepositional Contexts and Infinitives.
- Authors
Savoia, Leonardo Maria; Baldi, Benedetta
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
ALBANIA; PREPOSITIONS; INFLECTION (Grammar); NOUNS
- Publication
Languages, 2024, Vol 9, Issue 2, p46
- ISSN
2226-471X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/languages9020046