Exploring optionality : the case of null objects in the medieval Romance languages
de Pontbriand, Prudence (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	The following paper considers the potential for optionality of anaphoric null objects in two early Romance languages: Old French and Old Tuscan. In both languages, anaphoric objects can be omitted in different syntactic contexts (e. g. , in coordination with prepositional infinitives or in adjunct non-finite clauses). However, overt objects can be found in almost all contexts which also allow null objects. The current paper argues that null objects in both Old French and Old Tuscan were optional, in the sense that they were never the only option for objects, and that having a null or an overt object did not have bearing in the interpretation of the sentence.
Note:	Altres ajuts: This research would not have been possible without the funding of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the RTG 2636: Form-Meaning Mismatches.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Optionality ; Null objects ; Null arguments ; Romance ; Old French ; Old Tuscan
Published in:	Isogloss, Vol. 10 Núm. 3 (2024) , p. 1-30 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v10-n3-pontbriand
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/isogloss/article/view/v10-n3-pontbriand
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.330

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