The rise of the WZIĄĆ (TAKE) Serial Verb Construction in Polish

A Andrason, M Gębka-Wolak, A Moroz - Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics …, 2022 - ajol.info
The present study is dedicated to the emergence of an asymmetrical serial verb construction
(SVC) with the verb wziąć in Polish. By making use of a dynamic prototype-driven approach …

The “Return” of Southern Italo-Romance Tonna: From Pseudocoordination to Adverb. A Case Study in Grammaticalization

SN Cardullo - Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, 2023 - oaj.fupress.net
The present work constitutes an initial look at the use of tonna, an invariable form of tornare
'return', used as a relatively uncommon V1 in southern Italo-Romance pseudocoordination …

[图书][B] Il bilinguismo italiano-dialetto in Sicilia. Profilo sociolinguistico, nuove realtà comunicative e prospettive didattiche

VN DI CARO - 2022 - iris.unive.it
The present volume aims at contributing to the ongoing discussion on the relationship
between Italian and the Sicilian dialects, by updating it to the new communication dimension …

Serial Verb Constructions in North-West Semitic languages: From a synchronic radiation back to the'Big Bang'

A Andrason - Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2022 - journals.co.za
The present article argues that Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs) in North-West Semitic
(NWS) languages have emerged from clause fusion. The analysis of the synchronic profiles …

On Pseudo-Coordination in the province of Catania

VN Di Caro, S Menza - Isogloss. Open Journal of Romance …, 2024 - revistes.uab.cat
This paper discusses the preliminary results of an exploratory study based on acceptability
judgments about Pseudo-Coordination (PseCo) as found in the province of Catania (Sicily) …

Russian constructions with'take'expressing an unexpected event: Their historical origin and development in the 19th century

D Weiss - Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2022 - journals.co.za
This study aims at elucidating the rise and expansion of four competing Russian
constructions expressing the unexpectedness of an event. Тhree of them are built according …

The Strange Case of the Gallo-Italic Dialects of Sicily: Preservation and Innovation in Contact-Induced Change

A De Angelis - Languages, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Gallo-Italic dialects widespread within central–eastern Sicily represent the result of the
medieval immigration of settlers from southern Piedmont and Liguria, after the Norman …

When verbs' stay (and) go'together: Pseudo-coordination in Juǀ'hoan and ǃXun

LJ Pratchett - Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2022 - journals.co.za
Multi-verb constructions are an areal feature of Kalahari Basin Area languages (“Khoisan”),
a Sprachbund comprising the Kx'a, Tuu, and Khoe-Kwadi families. Presently, these …