Maria Rita Manzini is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Florence. She is known for her work on syntax, syntactic variation, principles and parameters, the Romance languages, and the languages of the Balkans. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]
We build a featural geometry to explain why markers of different origins can yield a mirative interpretation. We assign a +Zonal feature to the markers in question, which represents a semantic space tied to the speaker's expectations.