I discuss some syntactic properties of GO in verbal Pseudo-Coordination, in which it is followed by
an inflected lexical verb and preceded by an optional connecting element. Following the analysis in
Cardinaletti and Giusti (2001, 2003), I consider examples from different Sicilian varieties to show that the
ones from the Eastern Coast (Di Caro 2015), where GO can become grammaticalized as an aspect marker and
thus lose its argument structure and its semantics of motion, are reminiscent of some Multiple Agreement
Constructions displayed by most Arabic dialects (Jarad 2014). In both groups of languages, the
grammaticalized GO can also occur in an invariant and phonetically eroded version. In the macro-comparison
I am proposing, I suggest language contact between Arabs/Berbers and the indigenous people in Sicily from
9th to 13th century as a factor in the productivity of Sicilian Pseudo-Coordination as an isolated case in the
Romance domai
