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Iconicity and analogy in language change : the development of double object clitic clusters from medieval Florentine to Modern Italian /

This book examines the alternation between accusative-dative and dative-accusative order in Old Florentine clitic clusters and its decline in favor of the latter. Based on an exhaustive analysis of data from medieval Florentine and Tuscan texts, this volume offers a novel analysis of the rise of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Aski, Janice M. (Autor), Russi, Cinzia, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
Colección:Studies in language change ; volume 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines the alternation between accusative-dative and dative-accusative order in Old Florentine clitic clusters and its decline in favor of the latter. Based on an exhaustive analysis of data from medieval Florentine and Tuscan texts, this volume offers a novel analysis of the rise of the variable order, the transition from one order to the other, and the demise of the alternation that relies primarily on iconicity and analogy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-189) and index.
ISBN:9781501500985
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