RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Mantenuto, Iara A1 Caponigro, Ivano YR 2021 T1 Light-headed relative clauses in Teramano JF Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language” VO 45 IS 4 SP 921 OP 937 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.20037.man PB John Benjamins SN 0378-4177, AB Abstract

We investigate an unstudied, rich component of the relative clause system in Teramano, one of the Upper Southern Italian languages. We focus on light-headed relative clauses – relative clauses that lack a full nominal head and are introduced by only a Determiner-like or pronominal “light head”. We also briefly describe headed relative clauses in Teramano since the morphosyntactic features they exhibit are relevant for the investigation of light-headed relative clauses. Last, we highlight commonalities and differences between light-headed relative clauses in Teramano and Italian. Our paper provides the first systematic in-depth description of light-headed relative clauses in an Upper Southern Italian language that we are aware of, contributes to the knowledge of Teramano, the study of light-headed relative clauses crosslinguistically, and the ongoing investigation of microvariation among Italian and Italian languages., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/sl.20037.man