Embedded verb second in north-eastern Italy

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Nicola D'Antuono
University of Padua
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-2191
Cecilia Poletto
University of Padua
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4778-0812
Francesco Costantini
University of Udine
Jan Casalicchio
University of Siena
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-2865
Elena Marcati
University of Padua
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1722-7402
Gabriele Ganau
University of Siena
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0531-5944
Emanuela Li Destri
University of Udine
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5474-3234
Fernando Giacinti
University of Udine
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8744-4278
Angelapia Massaro
University of Siena
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-8159
Emanuela Sanfelici
University of Padua
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-4528

In this work, we put forth the observation that some V2 languages are sensitive to the category of the XP moved in first position, only in cases of embedded V2, but not in main clause V2. This shows: a) that embedded V2 can be different from main clause V2 and b) that different types of XPs do not undergo the same restrictions when moving to the left periphery. We propose an analysis of these differences in terms of relativized minimality.

Keywords
embedded verb second, romance varieties, German dialects, minority languages

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D’Antuono, Nicola et al. “Embedded verb second in north-eastern Italy”. Isogloss. Open Journal of Romance Linguistics, 2025, vol.VOL 11, no. 7, pp. 1-18, doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.580.
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(c) Nicola D'Antuono, Angelapia Massaro, Fernando Giacinti, Emanuela Li Destri, Gabriele Ganau, Elena Marcati, Jan Casalicchio, Francesco Costantini, Cecilia Poletto, Emanuela Sanfelici, 2025

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