We show that, contrary to long-standing assumptions, syntactic traits, modeled here within
the generative biolinguistic framework, provide insights into deep-time language history. To …

The languages of the Balkans are a rich source of data on contact-induced language
change. The result of a centuries long process of lexical and structural convergence has …

The aim of this article is to investigate a special case of suppletion in the paradigm of the
negative imperative in some dialects of southern Calabria. First, we show how these …

Greek and Romance have been in contact in South Italy for at least a thousand years, in a
complex linguistic situation involving long-term bilingualism and linguistic obsolescence (for …

Causative verbs in the Albanian variety of Arbëresh take a finite complement clause, with the
causee realized as a nominative or as an oblique (like the dative/instrumental causee in …

30.1 Introduction Language contact describes that state of affairs in which speakers of
different languages have some kind of linguistic interaction with each other. The …

This article investigates a peculiar pattern of subject case-marking in the Greek of southern
Italy. Recent fieldwork with native speakers, coupled with the consultation of some written …

In this paper, we investigate patterns of persistence and change affecting the syntax of
nominal structures in Italiot Greek in comparison to Modern (and Ancient) Greek, and we …

In this article we undertake a morphosyntactic comparison of the Italo-Greek and Italo-
Romance varieties spoken in southern Calabria and Salento. In particular, we offer a …

Causative verbs in the Albanian variety of Arbëresh take a finite complement clause, with the
causee realized as a nominative or as an oblique (like the dative/instrumental causee in …