A Comparative Grammar of Borgomanerese

Abstract

List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The syntax and semantics of the weak locative 0. Introduction 1. Unaccusative verb classes 2. The syntactic manifestation of the GOAL / non-GOAL distinction in Borgomanerese 3. SOURCE-entailing verbs and the existential 4. The weak locative goal argument in Italian 5. English non-existential weak there as a weak locative goal argument Chapter 3: Object clitics in simple tense, complex predicate, and imperative clauses 0. Introduction 1. Generalized enclisis in the simple tenses 2. Enclisis with past participles in the compound tenses 3. Variation in placement: the nature of the clitic itself 4. Restructuring verbs 5. Enclisis in causative constructions 6. Enclisis with imperatives 7. Clitic combinations Chapter 4: Object clitics and locative prepositions 0. Introduction 1. Argument locatives as another type of 2. The preposition's complement 3. Remaining issues Chapter 5: Subject Clitics 0. Introduction 1. Subject clitic pronouns in Northern Italian dialects 2. Subject clitics in Borgomanerese: an overview 3. The subject clitic i 4. Third person singular l and la 5. The second person singular subject clitics tal and t 6. The subject clitic a 7. The subject clitic ngh 8. The impersonal clitic s Chapter 6: Interrogatives 0. Introduction 1. Interrogative pronouns 2. The missing preposition 3. The difference between cus and que 4. Doubly-filled comp and cleft questions Appendix: Verb Conjugations References