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New thoughts on an old puzzle: The Italian alternation type dissi, dicesti; feci, facesti

Abstract:
This study addresses the peculiar pattern of root-allomorphy exhibited by the Italo-Romance preterite. Stimulated by a recent study by Mark Elson, which depends on upholding the traditional view that the phenomenon in Italo-Romance is attributable to sound change and to the subsequent analogical extension of its paradigmatic effects, I review familiar and new examples both from Italo-Romance and from Ibero-Romance, arguing instead that the available evidence casts doubt on the phonological interpretation, and strongly favours an interpretation couched in purely morphological terms.
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10.1075/rro.16007.mai

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Trinity College
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Publisher:
John Benjamins Publishing
Journal:
Revue Romane More from this journal
Volume:
53
Issue:
2
Pages:
217-260
Publication date:
2017-12-20
Acceptance date:
2017-06-11
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EISSN:
1600-0811
ISSN:
0035-3906


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2017-06-11

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