Verb Second in Old Venetian
Singh, Onkar (University of Cambridge)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	This study aims to add to a rich scholarship on the presence of a verb second constraint in old (Italo-)Romance that has been argued to cause V-to-C raising of both the finite verb and one or more constituents, provided we understand this constraint to be lax in these varieties (cf. Ledgeway 2007, 2008). In particular, it analyses a late 14th century old Venetian text, corroborating the existence of this constraint within the variety. Within this study, it will be shown that the syntax of 14th century Venetian is one in which we find the gradual loss of the V2 constraint. This will be shown through a range of phenomena present within the text, such as a loss of Informational Focus fronting, the weakening of subject pronouns, and the loss of scrambling to vP. All in all, this study aims to shed light on the syntax of 14th century Venetian specifically, adding to a growing scholarship on what the incipient loss of the V2 constraint looks like within respective old Romance varieties.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	V2 ; Verb second ; Old romance ; Old venetian ; V-to-C ; V-to-T
Published in:	Isogloss, Vol. 7 (2021) (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v7-singh
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.110

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