The contributions of this book deal with linguistic phenomena of Romance and Germanic standard and minority languages such as the null subject parameter, clitics, locative adverb systems, connectives, verbal valence, lexicography and toponomastics, variety linguistics and multilingualism, noun phrase agreement and additive particles.

Il volume raccoglie contributi che hanno come principale tema di ricerca la multiforme realtà linguistica dell’ambiente alpino. Essi indagano fenomeni linguistici di lingue standard e di minoranza appartenenti ai gruppi romanzo e germanico. Il libro si compone di quatto sezioni: modelli teorici, valenza e lessicografia, linguistica delle varietà e multilinguismo e le lingue nel Trentino-Alto Adige.

The contributions of this book deal with the diverse linguistic situation of the Alps by focusing on phenomena of standard and minority languages which belong to the Romance and Germanic group. They address four main topics which correspond to the four sections of the book: linguistic theory, valence and lexicography, variety linguistics and multilingualism, and languages in Trentino-South Tyrol.