This paper analyzes the variety of strategies that the languages of Europe use to encode the relations of combination and contrast between states of affairs. The examined constructions, respectively called conjunctive and adversative constructions, will be identified on the basis of the semantic relation they establish and will be analyzed through a 37 European language sample. Although European languages show similar syntactic properties and tend to use connectives in order to encode the two relations, the semantics and the morphology of the attested constructions draw an interestingly complicated picture, since the connectives have different degrees of semantic specialization and morphological complexity. Two main regular patterns were found within this crosslinguistic variation. First of all, it is possible to hypothesize a continuum combination-contrast, which can be structured in terms of a semantic map. Secondly, examining the morphological complexity of the attested connectives, a structural coding implicational hierarchy will be built. Finally, a bidimensional representation will be suggested, in order to give a unified account of the two regular variation patterns identified through this work.

MAURI C (2006). Combinazione e contrasto: i connettivi congiuntivi e avversativi nelle lingue d’Europa. ARCHIVIO GLOTTOLOGICO ITALIANO, XCI, 166-202.

Combinazione e contrasto: i connettivi congiuntivi e avversativi nelle lingue d’Europa

MAURI, CATERINA
2006

Abstract

This paper analyzes the variety of strategies that the languages of Europe use to encode the relations of combination and contrast between states of affairs. The examined constructions, respectively called conjunctive and adversative constructions, will be identified on the basis of the semantic relation they establish and will be analyzed through a 37 European language sample. Although European languages show similar syntactic properties and tend to use connectives in order to encode the two relations, the semantics and the morphology of the attested constructions draw an interestingly complicated picture, since the connectives have different degrees of semantic specialization and morphological complexity. Two main regular patterns were found within this crosslinguistic variation. First of all, it is possible to hypothesize a continuum combination-contrast, which can be structured in terms of a semantic map. Secondly, examining the morphological complexity of the attested connectives, a structural coding implicational hierarchy will be built. Finally, a bidimensional representation will be suggested, in order to give a unified account of the two regular variation patterns identified through this work.
2006
MAURI C (2006). Combinazione e contrasto: i connettivi congiuntivi e avversativi nelle lingue d’Europa. ARCHIVIO GLOTTOLOGICO ITALIANO, XCI, 166-202.
MAURI C
File in questo prodotto:
Eventuali allegati, non sono esposti

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

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/542432
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact