The case morphology in Aromanian (southern Albania): Descriptive and theoretical aspects
Savoia Leonardo M., Benedetta Baldi
September 2024 

The Aromanian varieties spoken in southern Albania show a restricted system of case morphology including a specialized oblique inflection in the plural of definite nouns and, partially, in the feminine singular. The oblique forms occur in genitive, dative, and complex locative prepositions where they are introduced by the Possessive Introducer (PI). Pronouns have the same distribution, with some restrictions in relation to the person, whereby a limited DOM appears, which differentiates 1st/2nd person elements and 3rd person ones. We adopt the idea that morphology is based on Merge within the syntactic computation and that sub-word elements are provided with interpretable content. This approach, inspired by Chomsky’s recent work, will guide us in the analysis of the distribution of inflections, syncretism and the occurrence of oblique and prepositions.

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Reference:	lingbuzz/008449 (please use that when you cite this article)
Published in:	Language Use and Linguistic Structure Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2023, pp. 109-125, Olomouc: Palacký University Olomouc
keywords:	nominal paradigms, oblique case, syncretism, prepositions, aromanian, morphology, syntax
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