Negation has always been and still is a central topic in typological studies and theoretical research. Its centrality shows itself in the fact that it is not restricted to a given linguistic field but compasses the whole domain of linguistic studies. Very often, works on negation are brought about… read more
The aim of this contribution is to honor Leonardo Savoia with some reflections concerning a topic which has received little attention until recent years: the case of Vocatives. If according to D’Alessandro & Van Oostendorp (2016: 78) Vocatives are perfectly regular, typological data show on the… read more
The concept expressed by expressions like qualcosa (‘something’)/qualcuno ‘someone’ has given rise to a large amount of literature. In most cases, the semantics of these markers is assimilated to the existential operator ∃. Needless to say, their actual use and their distributional constraints show… read more
