Raeto-Romance is one of the few languages in the world that are typologically classified as so-called verb-second languages. In this paper, an empirical study based on Bible translations shows that the varieties of Raeto-Romance behave differently with respect to the verb-second property, both diacronically and synchronically. While modern Swiss Raeto-Romance variaties largely show a strict verb-second property, the older varieties of Swiss Raeto-Romance as well as the Dolomitic Ladin varieties are characterized by a «relaxed» verb-second property and Friulian by a «residual» verb-second property.
Diachrone Stabilität und synchrone Variation der Verbzweitstellung in den rätoromanischen Varietäten / Casalicchio, J., Kaiser, G.A.. - In: ANNALAS DELLA SOCIETAD RHAETO-ROMANSCHA. - ISSN 1423-7083. - 136:(2023), pp. 329-343. (VIII Colloqui retoromanistic Curaglia 8/6/2022-11/6/2022).
Diachrone Stabilität und synchrone Variation der Verbzweitstellung in den rätoromanischen Varietäten
Casalicchio, Jan;
2023-01-01
Abstract
Raeto-Romance is one of the few languages in the world that are typologically classified as so-called verb-second languages. In this paper, an empirical study based on Bible translations shows that the varieties of Raeto-Romance behave differently with respect to the verb-second property, both diacronically and synchronically. While modern Swiss Raeto-Romance variaties largely show a strict verb-second property, the older varieties of Swiss Raeto-Romance as well as the Dolomitic Ladin varieties are characterized by a «relaxed» verb-second property and Friulian by a «residual» verb-second property.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione
