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On niente: optional negative concord in Old Italian 1
2011
unpublished
Introduction 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, OI, in traditional and also in more recent work (see a.o. Salvi and Renzi (2010)), 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
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