A Note on the Inflexional Morphology of the Vegliote Dalmatian Masculine Plural
A Note on the Inflexional Morphology of the Vegliote Dalmatian Masculine Plural

Summary/Abstract: This study explores a neglected and unexpectedly problematic aspect of the inflexional morphology of the noun and adjective in nineteenth-century Vegliote Dalmatian. At issue is the masculine plural ending -i. Despite its resemblance to the plural ending -i of other 'eastern' Romance languages, such as Romanian and Italian, it is argued that this -i has subtly different synchronic and diachronic characteristics, and that it originates specifically in determiners and pronouns, thence spreading analogically to masculine nouns and adjectives in general.

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