Publications
1. Submitted
2. Books/Monographs/Proceedings
3. Refereed journal publications
4. Chapters in scholarly books/monographs (refereed)
5. Articles in working papers
6. Reviews in international journals
7. Other contributions
1. In preparation / submitted for publication
Delfitto, D., and G. Fiorin (2011, submitted), “Indexicality and left periphery”
2. Books/Monographs/Proceedings
Delfitto, D., and R. Zamparelli (2009), Le strutture del significato. Bologna, Il Mulino
Delfitto, D., and C. Melloni (eds.) (2009), monographic issue of Lingue e linguaggio 8.1
Delfitto, D., and A. Tomaselli (2004) (eds.), Developments in applied linguistics, monographic section of Lingue e linguaggio 1:65-144
Delfitto, D. (2002), Genericity in language: Issues of syntax, logical form and interpretation. Alessandria, Edizioni Dell'Orso
Delfitto, D., and N. Corver (eds.) (2000), Adverbs and adverbial modification, monographic issue of Journal of Italian Linguistics. Pisa, Pacini
Delfitto, D., and A. Hulk (eds.) (1997), Proceedings of Going Romance 1995, monographic issue of Probus 9.2
Delfitto, D., F. Drijkoningen, and M. Nespor (eds.) (1996), Proceedings of Going Romance 1994, monographic issue of Probus 8.2
Delfitto, D., F. Drijkoningen, and J. Schroten (eds.) (1993), Proceedings of Going Romance 1992, monographic issue of Probus 5.1-2
Delfitto, D., M. Everaert, A. Evers, and F. Stuurman (eds.) (1991), Proceedings of the ‘Going Romance and Beyond' Conference (Utrecht, June 14-15, 1991), monographic issue of Probus 3.2
Delfitto, D. (1990), Generics and variables in syntax. Ph.D. dissertation. Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
3. Refereed journal publications
Delfitto, D., G. Fiorin, and N. Kula (2011, in print), “Syntactic gradients in compounding: Bemba associative nominals vs. Italian prepositional and deverbal compounds”. Italian Journal of Linguistics
Basciano, B., D. Delfitto, G. Fiorin, N. Kula, and C. Melloni (2011, in print), “Modes of compounding in Bantu, Romance and Chinese”. Italian Journal of Linguistics
Delfitto, D., and G. Fiorin (2011), “Person features and pronominal anaphora”. Linguistic Inquiry 42.2:193-224
M. Vender, and D. Delfitto (2010), “Towards a pragmatics of negation: The interpretation of negative sentences in developmental dyslexia”. GG@G - Generative Grammar at Geneva 6:1-28
Delfitto, D., A. Fábregas, and C. Melloni (2009, in print), “Compounding at the interfaces”. Proceedings of the ‘39th Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society' (NELS)
Delfitto, D., and C. Melloni (2009), “Compounds don't come easy”. Lingue e linguaggio 8.1:75-104
Delfitto, D., and G. Fiorin (2008), “Towards an extension of DE SE / DE RE ambiguities: Person features and reflexivization”. Lingue e linguaggio 7.1:25-46
Delfitto, D., and S. Baauw (2005), “New views in reflexivity: Delay effects in acquisition, cross-modular principle B and reflexive clitics in Romance”. Probus 17.2:145-184
Delfitto, D. (2004), “Reference to facts and the syntax/semantics interface”. Lingue e linguaggio 2:153-170
Delfitto, D., and A. Tomaselli (2004), “New perspectives in applied linguistics: Grammatical competence between psycholinguistics and neuroscience”. Lingue e linguaggio 1:57-64
Delfitto, D. (2003), “Results in semantics”. Lingue e linguaggio 2:261-275
Delfitto, D. (2002), “On the semantics of pronominal clitics and some of its consequences”. Catalan Journal of Linguistics 1:29-57
Delfitto, D. (2002), “Linguistica chomskiana e significato. Valutazioni e prospettive”. Lingue e linguaggio 2:225-264
Delfitto, D., and N. Corver (1998), “Feature primitives and the syntax of specificity”. Rivista di Linguistica 10.2:281-334
Delfitto, D. (1995), “For a unitary approach to scrambling and cliticization”. Lingua e stile 30.3:501-525
Delfitto, D., and N. Corver (1995), “Feature primitives and the syntax of specificity”. Glow Newsletter 34:18-19
Delfitto, D., and N. Corver (1993), “Feature asymmetry and the nature of pronoun movement”. Glow Newsletter 30:22-23
Delfitto, D., and J. Schroten (1991), “Bare plurals and the number affix in DP”. Probus 3:155-185
Delfitto, D. (1990), “Bound pronouns and weak crossover”. Rivista di Linguistica 2.1:44-65
Delfitto, D. (1986), “Quantificatori generalizzati e universali semantici”. Rivista di Grammatica Generativa 11:65-98
Delfitto, D. (1986), “Per una lettura storica del ‘Wahrheitsbegriff' di A. Tarski”. Teoria 2:3-22
Delfitto, D. (1985), “Per una teoria dello scope relativo”. Rivista di Grammatica Generativa 9-10:215-263
4. Chapters in scholarly books/monographs (refereed)
Delfitto, D. (2011, in print), “Logical elements in the syntax of Italian”. In G. Longobardi (ed.), The syntax of Italian. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Delfitto, D. and G. Fiorin (2011, in print), “In defense of propositions: A presuppositional analysis of indexicals and shifted pronouns”. In A. Capone and N. Feit (eds.), Attitudes De Se: Linguistics, Epystemology, Metaphysics. Stanford, CSLI Publications
Delfitto, D., and C. Melloni (2010, in print), “La morfologia alle interfacce”. In G. Massariello (ed.), Proceedings of the XLIII Congresso della Società di Linguistica Italiana
Delfitto, D., and C. Melloni (2010, in print), “Compounding as a symmetry-breaking strategy”. In P.M. Bertinetto, V. Bambini and I. Ricci (eds.), Linguaggio e cervello / Semantica: Atti del XLII convegno della Società di Linguistica Italiana. Roma, Bulzoni
Delfitto, D. (2009), “Licensing arguments within noun-phrases: On the nature of Genitive Case”. In P. Cotticelli Kurras and A. Tomaselli (eds.), La grammatica tra storia e teoria. Scritti in onore di Giorgio Graffi. Alessandria, Edizioni dell'Orso, 67-91
Delfitto, D., and P. Paradisi (2009), “Prepositionless genitive and N+N compounding in (Old) French and Italian”. In D. Torck and W.L. Wetzels (eds.), Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2006. Amsterdam-Philadelphia, John Benjamins, 53-72
Delfitto, D., and P. Paradisi (2009), “For a diachronic theory of genitive assignment in Romance”. In P. Crisma and G. Longobardi (eds.), Historical syntax and linguistic theory. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 292-310
Delfitto, D. (2009), “Universals and semantics”. In S. Scalise, E. Magni and A. Bisetto (eds.), Universals of language today. Berlin, Springer, 209-224
Delfitto, D. (2008), “A case-study on grammar, meaning and linguistic diversity: The nature of persone features”. In P.M. Bertinetto, V. Bambini, C. Bertoncin and M. Farina (eds.), Categorie del verbo: diacronia, teoria, tipologia. Roma, Il Calamo, 53-82
Delfitto, D. (2006), “A note on interpretable features and idiosyncratic categorial selection”. In H. Broekhuis, N. Corver, R. Huybregts, U. Kleinhenz, and J. Koster (eds.), Organizing Grammar. Linguistic Studies in Honor of Henk van Riemsdijk. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 87-96
Delfitto, D. (2005), “Adverb classes and adverb placement”. In M. Everaert and H. van Riemsdijk (eds.), Blackwell Companion to Syntax. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Publishing, vol. 1, 83-120
Delfitto, D. (2005), “Bare Plurals”. In M. Everaert and H. van Riemsdijk (eds.), Blackwell Companion to Syntax. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Publishing, vol. 1, 214-259
Delfitto, D. (2005), “On facts in the syntax and semantics of Italian”. In T. Geerts, I. van Ginneken, and H. Jacobs (eds.), Romance languages and Linguistic Theory 2003. Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 15-35
Delfitto, D., and G. Graffi (2005), “Chomsky fra storia della scienza e filosofia del linguaggio”. Introductory essay to the Italian edition of N. Chomsky (2000), New Horizons in the study of language and mind. Milano, Il Saggiatore, 9-31
Delfitto, D. (2004), “On the logical form of imperfective aspect”. In J. Guéron and J. Lecarme (eds.), The syntax of Time. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 115-142
Delfitto, D. (2003), “Present tense and existential interpretations”. In J. Guéron and L. Tasmowski (eds.), Temps et point de vue/Tense and Point of View. Paris, Presses de l'Université Paris X-Nanterre, 133-147
Hollebrandse, B., D. Delfitto, A. van Hout, and A. Vroeg-Peixoto (2001), “Italian sequence of tense: Complementation or imperfectivity?”. In A.H.-J. Do, L. Dominguez, and A. Johansen (eds.), Proceedings of the 25th Annual Boston University Conference on Child Language Development. Somerville, Cascadilla Press, 343-352
Delfitto, D., and N. Corver (2000), “On adverbs and adverbial modification”. In D. Delfitto and N. Corver (eds.), Adverbs and adverbial modification, monographic issue of Journal of Italian Linguistics. Pisa, Pacini, 3-11
Delfitto, D. (2000), “Adverbs and the syntax / semantics interface”. In D. Delfitto and N. Corver (eds.), Adverbs and adverbial modification, monographic issue of Journal of Italian Linguistics. Pisa, Pacini, 13-53
P.M. Bertinetto, and D. Delfitto (2000), “Aspect vs. Actionality: Why they should be kept apart”. In Ö. Dahl (ed.), Tense and aspect in the languages of Europe. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 189-225
Delfitto, D., and P.M. Bertinetto (2000), “Word order and quantification over times”. In J. Higginbotham, F. Pianesi, and A. Varzi (eds.), Speaking of Events. New York-Oxford, Oxford University Press, 89-126
Delfitto, D. (2000), “When plural means mass: A new perspective on ‘notional' and ‘grammatical' plurality”. In M. Coene, W. de Mulder, P. Dendale, Y. d'Hulst, and C. Vetters (eds.), Traiani Augusti vestigia pressa sequamur: Studia linguistica in honorem Lilianae Tasmowski. Padova, Unipress, 545-563
Delfitto, D. (2000), “On the morphosyntactic roots of genericity”. In H. Bennis, M. Everaert, and E. Reuland (eds.), Interface Strategies. Dordrecht, Kluwer/Elsevier (KNAW series), 71-94
Corver, N., and D. Delfitto (1999), “On the nature of pronoun movement”. In H. van Riemsdijk (ed.), Clitics in the languages of Europe (Eurotyp 20-25). Berlin-New York, Mouton de Gruyter, 599-661
Bertinetto, P.M., and D. Delfitto (1997), “Aspect vs. Actionality”. In P.M. Bertinetto, Il dominio tempo-aspettuale: demarcazioni, intersezioni, contrasti. Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 27-60
Bertinetto, P.M., and D. Delfitto (1996), “L'espressione della progressività/continuità: un confronto tripolare (italiano, inglese, spagnolo)”. In P. Benincà, G. Cinque, T. De Mauro, and N. Vincent (eds.), Italiano e dialetti nel tempo. Saggi di grammatica per Giulio C. Lepschy. Roma, Bulzoni, 45-66
Delfitto, D., and P.M. Bertinetto (1995), “A case study in the interaction of aspect and actionality: The imperfect in Italian”. In P.M. Bertinetto, V. Bianchi, J. Higginbotham, and M. Squartini (eds.), Temporal Reference, Aspect and Actionality, vol. I, Semantic and Syntactic Perspectives. Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 125-142
Delfitto, D., and Y. d'Hulst (1994), “Beyond the Mapping Hypothesis: Some Hypotheses on the Syntactic Codification of Specificity”. In G. Borgato (ed.), Teoria del linguaggio e analisi linguistica. Padova, Unipress, 213-235
Delfitto, D. (1993), “A propos du statut lexical de l'article partitif en français. Quelques hypothèses sur l'interaction entre morphologie et forme logique”. In A. Hulk, F. Melka, and J. Schroten (eds.), Du lexique à la morphologie: du coté de chez Zwaan. Textes réunis en l'honneur du soixantième anniversaire de Wiecher Zwanenburg. Amsterdam-Atlanta, Rodopi, 103-116
Delfitto, D. (1992), “For a diachronic approach to past participle morphology and auxiliary selection”. In E. Fava (ed.), Proceedings of the XVII meeting of generative grammar (Trieste, February 22-24, 1991). Volume presented to Giuseppe Francescato on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 175-190
Delfitto, D. (2005), “Linguistics and the freedom of the will: For a cognitive approach to Orwell's problem”. OTS Yearbook, UiL-OTS, Utrecht University, 27-46
Delfitto, D., and S. Baauw (1999), “Coreference and language acquisition”. Recherches de linguistique française et romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 18:23-34
Delfitto, D. (1998), “Aspect, genericity and bare plurals”. Uil OTS Working Papers, Utrecht University, 1-72
Delfitto, D. (1998), “When plural does not mean plural: Some remarks on the ‘notional' and ‘grammatical' plurality”. Recherches de linguistique française et romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 17:26-39
Delfitto, D. (1997), “Views on genericity”. Recherches de Linguistique Française et Romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 16:29-41
Delfitto, D. (1996), “Syntactic issues in aspectuality”. Recherches de linguistique française et romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 15:19-32
Delfitto, D., and P.M. Bertinetto (1996), “Word order and quantification over times”. Quaderni del laboratorio di linguistica 9:69-91 (Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore)
Delfitto, D., and Y. D'Hulst (1995), “On the syntax of null possessive anaphors”. Recherches de linguistique française et romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 14:13-38
Delfitto, D., and N. Corver (1993), “Feature asymmetry and the nature of pronoun movement”. OTS Working Papers, Utrecht University, 1-53
Delfitto, D. (1993), “Licensing empty pronouns. Some proposals on ellipsis and pronominalization”. Recherches de linguistique française et romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 12:51-70
Delfitto, D., and M. Pinto (1992), “How free is ‘free inversion'?”. Recherches de linguistique française et romane d'Utrecht (Utrecht Studies in Romance Linguistics) 11:1-7
6. Reviews in international journals
Delfitto, D. (2001), “It is not only a matter of time”. Review-article: A. Giorgi and F. Pianesi, Tense and Aspect. From Semantics to Morphosyntax. New York-Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997. Glot International, HAG, The Hague, 15-17
Delfitto, D. (1991), Review-article: M.C. Baker, Incorporation. A theory of grammatical function changing. Chicago-London, The University of Chicago Press, 1988. Studies in Language 15.1:115-128
Delfitto, D. (1986), Review: R. Cooper, Quantification and Syntactic Theory. Dordrecht, Reidel, 1983. Teoria 2:214-216
Delfitto, D. (1985), Review-article: N. Hornstein, Logic as Grammar: An Approach to Meaning in Natural language. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1984. Lingua e Stile 20:521-528
Delfitto, D. (2005), Italian edition of N. Chomsky (2000), New horizons in the study of language and mind [ Nuovi orizzonti nello studio del linguaggio e della mente]. Milano, Il Saggiatore