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The book investigates the little studied syntax of the dialects of southern Italy. In addition to providing a descriptive account of a wide range of syntactic phenomena , the discussion shows how the model of language embodied in Chomsky''s (1995) Minimalist Program can be profitably extended to the study of the syntax of southern Italian dialects, focusing on such topics as Case-marking and finite, infinitival and participial complementation.

Table of Contents
Introduction.

1. Case Marking.

2. Finite and Infinitival Complementation: Null Subjects and Control.

3. The Personal Infinitive.

4. Auxiliary Infinitival Constructions.

5. Auxiliary Selection.

6. Want-passives.

A Comparative Syntax of the Dialects of Southern

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9780631221661, 978-0631221661
      ISBN10: 0631221662
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book investigates the little studied syntax of the dialects of southern Italy. In addition to providing a descriptive account of a wide range of syntactic phenomena , the discussion shows how the model of language embodied in Chomsky''s (1995) Minimalist Program can be profitably extended to the study of the syntax of southern Italian dialects, focusing on such topics as Case-marking and finite, infinitival and participial complementation.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction.

      1. Case Marking.

      2. Finite and Infinitival Complementation: Null Subjects and Control.

      3. The Personal Infinitive.

      4. Auxiliary Infinitival Constructions.

      5. Auxiliary Selection.

      6. Want-passives.

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