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Vol. 58:2 (2023) ► pp.278–292

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The etymological substance of the Italian first- and second-person oblique clitic pronouns

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Published online: 12 January 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rro.20030.ola
Abstract
The first- and second-person plural oblique pronuns in modern standard Italian are ci and vi; other varieties of Italo-Romance present ne (rarely ni) and ve. The pronominal clitics ci, ne and vi are often identified etymolo­gically with the local adverbs ci, ne and vi, reflecting Latin (*)hince, inde and ibi. According to a competing view only ci has an adverbial origin, whereas the pronominal clitics ne and vi reflect Latin nōs and uōs. In this study I present the material and analyse it historically. I conclude that the latter hypothesis is more plausible: it was precisely the accidental merger of pronominal ne and vi (from Latin nōs and uōs) with adverbial ne and vi (from Latin inde and ibi) that triggered the replacement of ne with ci (from Latin (*)hince).
Article outline
  • 1.Background and introduction
  • 2.Material
  • 3.Historical analysis
    • 3.1Ci
    • 3.2Ne
    • 3.3Vi
  • 4.Discussion
    • 4.1The replacement of no and vo with ne (ni) and ve/vi
    • 4.2The replacement of ne with ci
    • 4.3Concerns: Schøsler & Strudsholm 2009
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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