March 3, 2026Open Access

Italian pronouns in a CALL setting

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This analysis identifies Italian pronouns as either clitics or inflectional affixes, leading to clearer grammatical outcomes.
An error detection and correction system effectively addresses pronoun structures in the context of CALL.
Employing LFG's projection architecture offers valuable insights into the syntactic categorization of pronouns.
Highlights the distinction between preverbal and postverbal pronouns, aiding in understanding their syntactic roles.

Abstract

This paper introduces an Italian LFG grammar in the context of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Specifically, the grammar focuses onItalian pronouns and is capable of detecting and correcting errors in pro-noun structures. In addition, we propose a new analysis into the ongoingdiscussion surrounding Italian pronouns and their grammatical status (e.g.Monachesi 1996, 1999, Russi 2008, Schwarze 2001, Alsina Forthcoming).We develop a straightforward analysis that makes use of LFG’s projectionarchitecture and gives a clear answer to the ongoing question of their sta-tus as affixes or independent syntactic units. We illustrate the differencesbetween preverbal and postverbal pronouns and classify the former as trueclitics and the latter as inflectional affixes and account for their properties in terms of c- and f-structure representations.

Italian pronouns in a CALL setting

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