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Grammar of Central Trentino
A Romance Dialect from North-East Italy
Series: - Romance Languages, Volume: 13
- Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages, Volume: 13
Central Trentino is a Romance dialect spoken in the North-East of Italy, which shows features belonging to both Gallo-Italic and Venetan dialects. Grammar of Central Trentino aims to present the first comprehensive grammatical description of this dialect, taking into consideration its morpho-syntactic properties and pragmatic phenomena.
The book's general approach is synchronic and focused on the language currently in use. The authors discuss a wide range of examples gathered from both oral and written sources.
The theoretical reference model is that of generative grammar, but the description of the phenomena is also accessible to a non-specialized audience.
The book's general approach is synchronic and focused on the language currently in use. The authors discuss a wide range of examples gathered from both oral and written sources.
The theoretical reference model is that of generative grammar, but the description of the phenomena is also accessible to a non-specialized audience.
Jan Casalicchio, Ph.D. (2013), University of Padua, is Lecturer of Linguistics and Language Teaching at the University of Palermo. He published several articles on Romance languages and Italian dialectology, and the monograph Pseudorelative, gerundi e infiniti nelle varietà romanze (Lincom, 2013).
Patrizia Cordin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Trento. She has published monographs and articles on Romance languages, including Le costruzioni verbo-locativo in area romanza: dallo spazio all'aspetto (De Gruyter, 2011) and Pronomi e determinanti (Carocci, 2019).
Patrizia Cordin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Trento. She has published monographs and articles on Romance languages, including Le costruzioni verbo-locativo in area romanza: dallo spazio all'aspetto (De Gruyter, 2011) and Pronomi e determinanti (Carocci, 2019).
List of Illustrations and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
âAnnex to Introduction: Phonetic Simplified Alphabet
1 Overview
â1.1âTrentino Dialects in the Context of Northern Italian Dialects
â1.2âThe Main Romance Dialect Groups Spoken in Trentino
â1.3âGermanic Languages Spoken in Trentino
â1.4âPrevious Studies
2 Nominal Morphology
â2.1âNominal Inflection: Number and Gender
â2.2âNominal Derivational Suffixes
â2.3âEvaluative Morphology
â2.4âNominal Derivational Prefixes
â2.5âCompound and Phrasal Nouns
3 Noun Phrases: Nouns with Determiners and Adjectives
â3.1âDefinite and Indefinite Determiners
â3.2âDemonstrative + N
â3.3âPossessive + N
â3.4âQuantified NP
â3.5âInterrogative and Exclamative NP
â3.6âQuality Adjectives
4 Morphology and Syntax of Personal Pronouns
â4.1âThe Forms of Free Pronouns and Clitics
â4.2âSubject Clitics
â4.3âSe Impersonal Subject
â4.4âSubject Clitics in Interrogative Sentences
â4.5âClitics in Relative Clauses
â4.6âFree Pronouns and Clitics as Direct Objects
â4.7âFree Pronouns and Clitics as Datives and Indirect Objects
â4.8âReflexive Pronouns
â4.9âClitics Clusters
â4.10âAllocutive Pronouns
5 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
â5.1âThe Use of Simple Prepositions in Locative and Temporal Contexts
â5.2âOther Uses of Simple Prepositions
â5.3âComparative Remarks on the Use of the Preposition in Central Trentino
â5.4âDerivative and Compound Prepositions
6 Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases
â6.1âAdverbial Morphology
â6.2âIntensification and Modification of Adverbs
â6.3âSome Peculiarities of the Adverbial System in Central Trentino
â6.4âAffirmative and Negative Adverbs
7 Verb Morphology
â7.1âThe Regular Verbal Conjugations
â7.2âIrregular Verbs
â7.3âPast Participle Formation
â7.4âVerb Formation
â7.5ââVerb with Locativeâ Constructions
âAnnex to Ch. 7: Tables of Verb Forms
8 Verb Agreement and Valency
â8.1âVerb Agreement
â8.2âVerb Types
â8.3âPassive Voice and Other Mechanisms of Subject Demotion
9 Main and Embedded Clauses
â9.1âThe Syntax of Main Clauses
â9.2âArgumental Subordinate Clauses
â9.3âAdverbial Subordinate Clauses
â9.4âOther Subordinate Clauses Introduced by the Complementiser che: Relatives, Pseudo-relatives and Clefts
â9.5âUse of Subjunctive in Embedded Clauses
10 Pragmatic Particles
â10.1âGeneral Properties
â10.2âPragmatic Particles in Declarative Sentences
â10.3âPragmatic Particles in Interrogative and Imperative Sentences
â10.4âThe Modal Interpretation of the Enclitic -(n)te
References
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
âAnnex to Introduction: Phonetic Simplified Alphabet
1 Overview
â1.1âTrentino Dialects in the Context of Northern Italian Dialects
â1.2âThe Main Romance Dialect Groups Spoken in Trentino
â1.3âGermanic Languages Spoken in Trentino
â1.4âPrevious Studies
2 Nominal Morphology
â2.1âNominal Inflection: Number and Gender
â2.2âNominal Derivational Suffixes
â2.3âEvaluative Morphology
â2.4âNominal Derivational Prefixes
â2.5âCompound and Phrasal Nouns
3 Noun Phrases: Nouns with Determiners and Adjectives
â3.1âDefinite and Indefinite Determiners
â3.2âDemonstrative + N
â3.3âPossessive + N
â3.4âQuantified NP
â3.5âInterrogative and Exclamative NP
â3.6âQuality Adjectives
4 Morphology and Syntax of Personal Pronouns
â4.1âThe Forms of Free Pronouns and Clitics
â4.2âSubject Clitics
â4.3âSe Impersonal Subject
â4.4âSubject Clitics in Interrogative Sentences
â4.5âClitics in Relative Clauses
â4.6âFree Pronouns and Clitics as Direct Objects
â4.7âFree Pronouns and Clitics as Datives and Indirect Objects
â4.8âReflexive Pronouns
â4.9âClitics Clusters
â4.10âAllocutive Pronouns
5 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
â5.1âThe Use of Simple Prepositions in Locative and Temporal Contexts
â5.2âOther Uses of Simple Prepositions
â5.3âComparative Remarks on the Use of the Preposition in Central Trentino
â5.4âDerivative and Compound Prepositions
6 Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases
â6.1âAdverbial Morphology
â6.2âIntensification and Modification of Adverbs
â6.3âSome Peculiarities of the Adverbial System in Central Trentino
â6.4âAffirmative and Negative Adverbs
7 Verb Morphology
â7.1âThe Regular Verbal Conjugations
â7.2âIrregular Verbs
â7.3âPast Participle Formation
â7.4âVerb Formation
â7.5ââVerb with Locativeâ Constructions
âAnnex to Ch. 7: Tables of Verb Forms
8 Verb Agreement and Valency
â8.1âVerb Agreement
â8.2âVerb Types
â8.3âPassive Voice and Other Mechanisms of Subject Demotion
9 Main and Embedded Clauses
â9.1âThe Syntax of Main Clauses
â9.2âArgumental Subordinate Clauses
â9.3âAdverbial Subordinate Clauses
â9.4âOther Subordinate Clauses Introduced by the Complementiser che: Relatives, Pseudo-relatives and Clefts
â9.5âUse of Subjunctive in Embedded Clauses
10 Pragmatic Particles
â10.1âGeneral Properties
â10.2âPragmatic Particles in Declarative Sentences
â10.3âPragmatic Particles in Interrogative and Imperative Sentences
â10.4âThe Modal Interpretation of the Enclitic -(n)te
References
Index
Scholars and students of Romance languages who are interested in non-standard varieties and dialects and anyone concerned with Northern Italian dialects, especially Trentino dialects.