Download or read book The Higher Functional Field : Evidence from Northern Italian Dialects written by National Research Foundation Cecilia Poletto Researcher CNR Consiglio Nazionale deffe Richerche and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-02-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates the syntax of the higher portion of the functional structure of the clause using comparative data from hundreds of Northern Italian dialects. The area contains dialects that are different in most ways yet homogenous syntactically, making it an ideal ground for analyzing micro-variations in syntax. The book sheds new light on debated problems such as subject-clitic inversion, verb movement and subject positions, and the structure of the higher functional phrases.