Morphosyntactic Microvariation in the Aeolian Dialects

我准备进行的博士研究旨在调查和比较位于西西里岛东北角海岸附近的埃奥利亚群岛方言中选定的形态句法结构，其中包括利帕里、萨利纳、瓦尔卡诺、斯特龙博利、潘阿里亚、菲里库迪和阿里库迪七个岛屿。我打算分析的具体结构包括：在这些方言中通过介词a实现的直接宾语标记(DOM)；空间指示系统(三元chistu/chissu/chiddu vs二元chistu/chiddu系统和长(Chistu)vs.短(stu/SSU)形式)的形式和分布；以及制约rafforzamento/raddopiamento fonosintato(Rf)分布的句法条件的变化。通过广泛的田野调查和对流行文本的考察，即传统歌曲和谚语，我计划记录和分析这些特殊句法现象在岛屿上的精确实现和微观变异。这样的分析将是对意大利方言学的原创性贡献，因为这些方言从来没有从非句法的角度进行研究，并且可以在关键的理论考虑方面产生重要的见解，例如格标记法和确定性的精确表征及其与指称的关系。我的硕士论文正在进行中，它调查了七个岛屿中的三个(利帕里岛、萨利纳岛、斯特龙博利岛)的补充器系统，将作为我提议的项目的重要先导研究。

My proposed doctoral research sets out to investigate and compare select morpho-syntactic structures in the dialects ofthe Aeolian archipelago, situated just off the coast of the north-eastern corner of Sicily, which includes the seven islandsof Lipari, Salina, Vulcano, Stromboli, Panarea, Filicudi, and Alicudi. The specific structures I intend to analyze includedirect object marking (DOM), in these dialects realized through the preposition 'a'; forms and distribution of spatial deicticsystems (ternary chistu/chissu/chiddu vs binary chistu/chiddu systems and long (chistu) vs short (stu/ssu) forms); and thevariation in syntactic conditions constraining the distribution of rafforzamento/raddoppiamento fonosintattico (RF).Through extensive fieldwork and examination of popular texts, i.e. traditional songs and proverbs, I plan to document andanalyze the precise realization and microvariation of these particular syntactic phenomena across the islands. Such ananalysis would constitute an original contribution to Italian dialectology, as these dialects have never been studied from asyntactic perspective, and can yield important insights on key theoretical considerations, such as case marking and theprecise characterization of definiteness and its relationship to referentiality. My master's thesis, in progress, whichinvestigates complementizer systems in three of the seven islands (Lipari, Salina, Stromboli), will serve as an importantpilot study for my proposed project.