We discuss the Romance nominal inflection -a, which surfaces both as a singular feminine exponent and as a lexicalization of “cohesive” plurals. The empirical focus is on Central Calabrian varieties, where -a plurals occur in the contexts of inflectional systems that do not differentiate masculine and feminine in the plural, as well as on Sursilvan Romansh varieties, where -a productively forms feminine singulars with an interpretation akin to that of -a plurals in Italian. On the basis of our case studies, we characterize the inflectional morphology in nouns as (sometimes) endowed with semantic content, specifically with the Class properties [aggregate] for mass and [] for plural.

Gender, number and inflectional class in Romance: Feminine/plural -a / Manzini, Maria Rita; Leonardo, M. Savoia. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 263-282.

Gender, number and inflectional class in Romance: Feminine/plural -a

MANZINI, MARIA RITA;SAVOIA, LEONARDO MARIA
2017

Abstract

We discuss the Romance nominal inflection -a, which surfaces both as a singular feminine exponent and as a lexicalization of “cohesive” plurals. The empirical focus is on Central Calabrian varieties, where -a plurals occur in the contexts of inflectional systems that do not differentiate masculine and feminine in the plural, as well as on Sursilvan Romansh varieties, where -a productively forms feminine singulars with an interpretation akin to that of -a plurals in Italian. On the basis of our case studies, we characterize the inflectional morphology in nouns as (sometimes) endowed with semantic content, specifically with the Class properties [aggregate] for mass and [] for plural.
2017
978-80-244-5172-5
Language Use and Linguistic Structure
263
282
Manzini, Maria Rita; Leonardo, M. Savoia
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Olinco 2016 Gender, number and inflectional class in Romance.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: articolo
Tipologia: Pdf editoriale (Version of record)
Licenza: Tutti i diritti riservati
Dimensione 7.38 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
7.38 MB Adobe PDF

I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificatore per citare o creare un link a questa risorsa: https://hdl.handle.net/2158/1089443
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact