Embedded verb second in north-eastern Italy
In this work, we put forth the observation that some V2 languages are sensitive to the category of the XP moved in first position, only in cases of embedded V2, but not in main clause V2. This shows: a) that embedded V2 can be different from main clause V2 and b) that different types of XPs do not undergo the same restrictions when moving to the left periphery. We propose an analysis of these differences in terms of relativized minimality.
Authors
- Cecilia Poletto
- Jan Casalicchio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-2865)
- Francesco Costantini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-7686)
- Nicola D’Antuono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-2191)
- Emanuela Sanfelici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-4528)
- Angelapia Massaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-8159)
- Gabriele Ganau
- Emanuela Li Destri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5474-3234)
- Fernando Giacinti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8744-4278)
- Elena Marcati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1722-7402)
Institutions
- University of Siena (IT)
- University of Udine (IT)
- University of Padua (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Isogloss Open Journal of Romance Linguistics
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/isogloss.580
- Primary Topic
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00