http://hdl.handle.net/10278/2570 2013-05-19T21:06:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/2585 Title: University of Venice Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 21 2010-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/2584 Title: Evidence for a Split DP in Latin Author⁄s: Giusti, Giuliana; Iovino, Rossella 2010-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/2581 Title: Remarks on Temporal Anchoring : The Case of Armenian Aorist Author⁄s: Giorgi, Alessandra Editor⁄s: Haroutyunian, Sona Abstract: In this paper we consider a verbal form of the Armenian system, the Aorist, that exhibits temporal and aspectual properties not easily fitting the "canonical" descriptions. We will see that its distribution might seem at first sight incoherent and show that only by means of a finer analysis it is possible to account for its characteristics in a uniform way. To this end, we compare the Armenian aorist with the English simple past and present perfect, on one side, and with the Italian passato remoto (simple past) and passato prossimo (present perfect), on the other. 2010-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/2580 Title: On niente : optional negative concord in Old Italian Author⁄s: Garzonio, Jacopo; Poletto, Cecilia Abstract: In this work we will take into account the distribution of the negative quantifier/negative polarity item niente/neente/neiente "nothing/anything" in the Old Florentine variety, commonly referred to as Old Italian, spoken from 1200 to approximately 1350. We will show that the distribution of bare niente is sensitive to its adverbial versus argumental status: when niente is adverbial, negative concord is obligatory; when niente is argumental, negative concord is optional. We argue that this optionality is only apparent and has to be accounted for in terms of position: niente can only trigger negative concord when it is located in a position in the law IP area above vP, where aspectual distinctions are encoded, but not when it stays in its argumental position. 2010-12-31T23:00:00Z