This paper aims to describe particular forms of 6th person of the simple present of ‘to be’ in some Sardinian dialects. My data show an intromission of -/s/ (mark of plural) after the vowel -/i/ (which was originally paragogic) in the forms suni/sunti ‘(they) are’ (outcomes of Latin SUNT). Arguably such process is the starting point of the development of the double form suntos/suntas (‘they are’ masculine/‘they are’ feminine) which I attested in Sèneghe (Province of Oristano). As we can see, these forms exhibit marks of gender (-o- for masculine and -a- for feminine) in addition to the -/s/ of plural.

Marche di genere nella sesta persona del verbo ‘essere': il caso di Sèneghe (Or)

Pisano S
2013-01-01

Abstract

This paper aims to describe particular forms of 6th person of the simple present of ‘to be’ in some Sardinian dialects. My data show an intromission of -/s/ (mark of plural) after the vowel -/i/ (which was originally paragogic) in the forms suni/sunti ‘(they) are’ (outcomes of Latin SUNT). Arguably such process is the starting point of the development of the double form suntos/suntas (‘they are’ masculine/‘they are’ feminine) which I attested in Sèneghe (Province of Oristano). As we can see, these forms exhibit marks of gender (-o- for masculine and -a- for feminine) in addition to the -/s/ of plural.
2013
Sardinian dialects
marks of plurals
marks of gender
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