Strong resultative constructions in Romance between usage and norm
Evidence from Northern Calabria
The presence of strong resultative constructions in Romance languages is largely debated. In this paper, we
provide evidence of strong resultative constructions with adjectival predicate in Italo-Romance. Data from Southern Italian
varieties spoken in the area of Cosenza, in Northern Calabria, are discussed. The usage and distribution of two types of
adjectival resultative are accounted for in relation to both structural and functional properties, and sociolinguistic
variables.
Article outline
- 1.The construction portare finito in Northern Calabria
- 2.
Portare finito and the resultative constructions in Italo-Romance
- 2.1Adjectival resultatives in Romance
- 2.2The curious case of a strong resultative construction in Cosentian
- 3.Usage and distribution of portare finito: An investigation into the varieties of Cosenza, Rende and
Rogliano
- 3.1Object animacy and sociolinguistic variables
- 3.2
Portare finito between semantic changes and ‘creative’ uses
- Notes
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