Concealed pseudo-clefts? Evidence from a Lombard dialect

Diego Pescarini (1) , Giulia Donzelli (2)

1 BCL, équipe Dialectologie et Linguistique formelle
2 UZH - Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich

This paper focuses on the syntax of clefts in the Lombard dialect of Comun Nuovo (Bergamo). In this dialect, clefts are highly constrained (in particular, they are ungrammatical in questions) and, in the contexts where clefts and pseudo-clefts alternate, the distinction between the two is often blurred. We argue that Comunuovese clefts are better analysed as concealed pseudo-clefts (Paul 2001 a.o.).

Mots clés: clefts; pseudo-clefts; northern Italian dialects; interrogatives

Domaines: Linguistique

Diego Pescarini, Giulia Donzelli. Concealed pseudo-clefts? Evidence from a Lombard dialect. Mirko Grimaldi, Rosangela Lai, Ludovico Franco, Benedetta Baldi. Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond, 252, John Benjamins, pp.121-131, 2018, Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 9789027201904. ⟨10.1075/la.252.08pes⟩. ⟨hal-01991867⟩