unscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Cravens" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: p.p. agreement w/ proclitic d.o. > Perhaps the two easiest sources for the student to check quickly for > historical aspects of agreement of the sort 'le ho viste', 'ci hanno > invitati' are: > > Maiden, Martin. 1995. A linguistic history of Italian. London: Longman. > > Tekavcic, Pavao. 1972. Grammatica storica dell'italiano. 3 vols. Bologna: > il Mulino. (The 1980 version is reduced, but should still offer insight.) > > Among good grammars of the present state are these: > > Maiden, Martin & Cecilia Robustelli. 2000. A reference grammar of modern > Italian. London: Arnold / Lincolnwood, IL: NTC. > > Renzi, Lorenzo & Anna Cardinaletti, eds. 1988- Grande grammatica italiana > di consultazione. Bologna: il Mulino. > > Serianni, Luca & Alberto Castelvecchi. 1988. Grammatica italiana: italiano > comune e lingua letteraria. Suoni forme costrutti. Torino : UTET. > > Tom Cravens > University of Wisconsin-Madison