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Adjectives meaning ‘curly’ in the Serbian language: On the material of the common Slavic linguistic atlas [PDF]
Južnoslovenski Filolog, 2016 This paper draws on etymological analysis of Serbian adjectives meaning ‘curly’, registered in the material of the Common Slavic Linguistic Atlas (the Personal Characteristics of Man volume).
Bjeletić Marta Ž.
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Revisiting gradability in American Sign Language (ASL)
Glossa, 2023 This paper addresses gradability in American Sign Language (ASL). The literature has argued that languages may or may not introduce degree variables, i.e., there is cross-linguistic variation as to whether languages should be analyzed as degree- or ...
Christopher Kurz +3 more
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Монголоведение, 2019 The paper examines adjectives denoting horizontal and vertical size (‘long’ and ‘short’) in the Buryat language and Russian-Buryat dictionaries. The analysis shows that adjectives to define objects in horizontal orientation are fewer than those dealing
Babasan D. Tsyrenov, Anna T. Abayeva
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Quantifying over hidden (parts of) events
Glossa, 2022 In this paper, I investigate certain intriguing properties of two types of quantificational adjectives exemplified by the English two-time and double and their interactions with event semantics.
Marcin Wągiel
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Igbo adjectives as morphophonologized relatives
Studies in African Linguistics, 1990 Igbo adjectives are semantically, syntactically and morphophonologically derived. Underlyingly, they are relatives that are phonologized into a suppietive form. For this reason they cannot occur in predicative position, unlike adjectives in English. They
Omen N. Maduka-Durunze
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Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2023 Peer ...
Justin D’Ambrosio, Brian Hedden
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The syntax and semantics of degree expressions in Spanish
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2020 This article provides an overview of the syntax and semantics of degree in Spanish, eventually suggesting that degree structure should be viewed as equivalent to aspect in the verbal domain.
Antonio Fábregas
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Tense and modality in the nominal domain
Linguistica, 2016 It is well discussed in the literature that epistemic modals (Mod epis) are base-generated higher than Tense (T), while non-epistemic/root modals (Mod root) are base-generated lower than T, and that high modals are evaluated in the context of the speech ...
Negin Ilkhanipour
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To agree or not to agree? English adjectives in Estonian-English bilingual blogs and vlogs
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2019 The article focuses on the agreement (in case and number) of English adjectives used with Estonian nouns in noun phrases (Eng ADJ + EST N) in Estonian blogs and vlogs. According to the Matrix Language Frame model (MLF), one would expect English adjective
Helin Kask
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Restrictions on ordering of adjectives in Spanish
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2020 . Sequences of multiple modifying adjectives are subject to poorly understood lexical ordering restrictions. There are certain commonalities to these restrictions across languages, as well as substantive language variation.
Ana Pérez-Leroux +3 more
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