When three become two : The development of Greek and Romance complementizer systems in the dialects of the extreme south of Italy
Ledgeway, Adam (University of Bergamo)
Schifano, Norma (University of Cambridge)
Silvestri, Giuseppina (University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles)

Date:	2025
Abstract:	This article reconsiders the evidence for an original ternary complementizer system in the Italo-Greek dialects of southern Italy and how such a system was replicated in the neighbouring Romance dialects under contact. Although the evidence is in many cases fragmentary, given the often recessive nature of the ternary system today, it is demonstrated how an original ternary system was often reanalyzed as a binary system in the modern dialects and how such developments gave rise to different formal outcomes across various Greek and Romance dialects. This article reconsiders the evidence for an original ternary complementizer system in the Italo-Greek dialects of southern Italy and how such a system was replicated in the neighbouring Romance dialects under contact. Although the evidence is in many cases fragmentary, given the often recessive nature of the ternary system today, it is demonstrated how an original ternary system was often reanalyzed as a binary system in the modern dialects and how such developments gave rise to different formal outcomes across various Greek and Romance dialects.
Note:	This article is part of the Research Project RPG-2015-283 Fading voices in southern Italy: investigating language contact in Magna Graecia financed by The Leverhulme Trust
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Complementizer ; Realis ; Irrealis ; Factive ; Calabrese ; Salentino ; Italo-greek
Published in:	Isogloss, Vol. 11, Num. 6 (2025) , p. 1-20 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v11-n6-ledgeway-schifano-silvestri
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/isogloss/article/view/v11-n6-ledgeway-schifano-silvestri
DOI: 10.5565/pub/isogloss.486
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.486

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