Abstract This paper presents the results of a pilot study on the distribution of indefinite determiners in contexts with narrow scope interpretation in current informal Italian. It individuates the available forms and presents their diatopic distribution. The research is based on data collected through an online questionnaire designed to detect optionality. The results show that in narrow scope indefinite contexts, i. e., negative statements, both the zero determiner and the definite article are widespread throughout the country. The partitive determiner is only found in episodic sentences and is limited to restricted geographic areas. In all contexts and areas, a large degree of optionality is found. In some context and area, however, it is possible to identify one form more prominent than the others. This can be related to the context, which may favour some specialized meaning of one specific form, e. g., saliency and small quantity, or to diatopic variation due to language contact with the dialect, as shown by comparing present-day informal Italian with the dialectal data reported in AIS and analysed in (Cardinaletti and Giusti. 2018. Indefinite determiners: Variation and optionality in Italo-Romance. In Diego Pescarini & Roberta D’Alessandro (eds.), Advances in Italian dialectology: Sketches of Italo-Romance grammars, 135–161. Amsterdam: Brill).

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非正式意大利语中的不确定因素：初步分析

摘要本文介绍了在当前非正式意大利语中具有狭义范围解释的情况下，不确定因素的分布的初步研究结果。它个性化了可用的形式并提出了对位分布。该研究基于通过旨在检测可选项性的在线问卷收集的数据。结果表明，在狭窄范围内的不确定上下文中，即。例如，否定陈述，零确定词和定冠词在全国各地都很普遍。限定词仅在情节性句子中发现，并且限于限定的地理区域。在所有情况和领域中，都存在很大的选择性。但是，在某些上下文和区域中，可以确定一种比其他形式更突出的形式。这可能与上下文有关，可能偏爱一种特定形式的某些特殊含义，例如 例如，显着性和少量，或者由于语言与方言的接触而引起的局部变化，如通过比较当前非正式的意大利语与AIS中报告并在（Cardinaletti and Giusti。2018.中分析的方言数据）所显示的。 Italo-Romance中的可选性和可选项性（Diego Pescarini和Roberta D'Alessandro编辑），意大利方言学进展：Italo-Romance语法速写，135-161页，阿姆斯特丹：Brill）。Italo-Romance的变体和可选性。在迭戈·佩斯卡里尼（Diego Pescarini）和罗伯塔·德亚历山德罗（Roberta D'Alessandro）（主编）中，《意大利方言学进展：Italo-Romance语法速写，135-161页》。阿姆斯特丹：布里尔）。Italo-Romance的变体和可选性。在迭戈·佩斯卡里尼（Diego Pescarini）和罗伯塔·德亚历山德罗（Roberta D'Alessandro）（主编）中，《意大利方言学进展：Italo-Romance语法速写，135-161页》。阿姆斯特丹：布里尔。