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Differential Object Marking in Romance: Towards microvariation
Edited by Monica Alexandrina Irimia and Alexandru Mardale
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 280] 2023
► pp. 267–314

Parametric variation in differential object marking in Italo-Romance

| University of Cambridge

This article provides an exhaustive review of the known variation found in the distribution of differerential object marking across the dialects of Italy, including those of central and northern Italy, in order to identify the relevant dimensions of microvariation in relation to information structure, animacy, specificity, person, number and the head vs phrasal distinction. Despite some similarities with other Romance varieties, there are some notable differences in the distribution of differential object marking in the dialects of Italy. Based on this examination, a parametric hierarchy is developed which maps the differing licensing conditions on differential object marking across Italy in an attempt to highlight the precise pragmatic, semantic and syntactic parameters involved in the observed patterns of distribution, their nature and their possible interactions.

Keywords: differential object marking, dialects of Italy, parameter (hierarchies), microvariation, person, number, specificity, animacy, external merge, internal merge
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Person split
    • 2.1Type 1A
    • 2.2Type 1B
    • 2.3Type 1C
    • 2.4Summary
  • 3.Pronominal split
    • 3.1Type 2A
    • 3.2Type 2B
    • 3.3Type 2C
    • 3.4Type 2D
    • 3.5Summary
  • 4.D-Split
    • 4.1Type 3A
    • 4.2Type 3B
    • 4.3Type 3C
    • 4.4Summary
  • 5.Animacy and specificity splits
    • 5.1Type 4A
    • 5.2Type 4B
    • 5.3Type 4C
    • 5.4Type 4D
  • 6.Summary and conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 27 November 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/la.280.11led
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