In this work we aim to give a first description of the morpho-syntactic behavior of some adjectives in the Cimbrian of Luserna. This Germanic variety allows a subclass of adjectives to appear in post-nominal position. This aspect seems to be relevant, since neither colloquial Standard German nor any other German substandard variety spoken in German-speaking areas display a similar pattern. Along the lines of Cinque (2010, 2014), we argue that Cimbrian, with respect to the adnominal adjectival order, has maintained the Germanic pattern of Merge, but permits in some cases NP-Movement above the (“bare” AP reduced) relative clause projection. The fact that adjectives fol-lowing the head noun are predicative rather than attributive is supported by the fact that post-nominal modifiers never show up with inflection.

Adjective orders in Cimbrian DPs / Bidese, Ermenegildo; Padovan, Andrea; Turolla, Claudia. - In: LINGUISTICS. - ISSN 1613-396X. - ELETTRONICO. - 57:2(2019), pp. 373-394. [10.1515/ling-2019-0004]

Adjective orders in Cimbrian DPs

Bidese, Ermenegildo;Padovan, Andrea;Turolla, Claudia
2019-01-01

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In this work we aim to give a first description of the morpho-syntactic behavior of some adjectives in the Cimbrian of Luserna. This Germanic variety allows a subclass of adjectives to appear in post-nominal position. This aspect seems to be relevant, since neither colloquial Standard German nor any other German substandard variety spoken in German-speaking areas display a similar pattern. Along the lines of Cinque (2010, 2014), we argue that Cimbrian, with respect to the adnominal adjectival order, has maintained the Germanic pattern of Merge, but permits in some cases NP-Movement above the (“bare” AP reduced) relative clause projection. The fact that adjectives fol-lowing the head noun are predicative rather than attributive is supported by the fact that post-nominal modifiers never show up with inflection.
2019
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Bidese, Ermenegildo; Padovan, Andrea; Turolla, Claudia
Adjective orders in Cimbrian DPs / Bidese, Ermenegildo; Padovan, Andrea; Turolla, Claudia. - In: LINGUISTICS. - ISSN 1613-396X. - ELETTRONICO. - 57:2(2019), pp. 373-394. [10.1515/ling-2019-0004]
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