Directions from the GET-GO. On the syntax of manner-of-motion verbs in directional constructions [PDF]
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2010 Directional resultatives show puzzling syntactic restrictions. In Romance, broadly speaking, they do not occur at all with manner-of-motion verbs. In Dutch, directional resultatives with mannerof- motion verbs usually force postpositional order in the ...
Marcel den Dikken
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Spatial Demonstratives and Perspective Taking in English and Japanese. [PDF]
Cogn SciAbstract There is much debate regarding the extent to which languages express the same spatial parameters or whether spatial communication is essentially diverse. In this paper, we explore “perspective taking” in spatial demonstrative systems as a means of exploring between and within language variation.
Gudde HB, Collier J, Coventry KR.
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Development and classification accuracy of an automated cognitive screening tool combining working memory and connected speech tasks for early detection of cognitive impairment in primary care. [PDF]
Alzheimers Dement (N Y)Abstract INTRODUCTION Cognitive screening to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in primary care settings has proven to be a challenging task. The ideal solution would be a brief, yet sensitive, tool appropriate for use with individuals from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds that requires limited time and expertise from ...
Hilsabeck RC +13 more
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Function words words dӗlja and radi in the Old Russian language: Prepositions, postpositions or something else? [PDF]
Rhema. Рема, 2021 In this article, we try to figure out the linear order rules for the functional words dӗlja and radi as represented in Old Russian texts from the 11th to the 13th century.
E. Sokolov
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Lexical and functional adpositions: the view from of in Old and present-day English
Glossa, 2022 This article addresses the distinction amongst adpositions between those adpositions which are lexical and those which are functional. The article uses a corpus linguistic approach to address outstanding questions: whether there are two distinct ...
Roxanne Taylor
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Uttryck för VÄG med ackusativ singular i sydsamiska
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2023 The use of object-like expressions to encode an extension in space, along which a movement is performed, is generally widespread in Saami as a whole. In this article, the term path refers to such extensions in space. The study deals specifically with the
Torbjörn Söder
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Cross-linguistic regularities and learner biases reflect "core" mechanics. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Recent research in infant cognition and adult vision suggests that the mechanical object relationships may be more salient and naturally attention grabbing than similar but non-mechanical relationships.
Strickland B, Chemla E.
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Deictic marking in adpositions in Ap Ma and Waran
Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads, 2022 Two neighboring languages of the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, Ap Ma (Keram) and Waran (Ramu), exhibit an unusual structure in adpositional phrases. In both languages, all postpositions that govern nouns are obligatorily marked with deictic prefixes ...
Don Killian, Russell Barlow
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The Semantics of Locative Adpositions in Amharic
Aethiopica, 2021 This paper intends to describe the semantics of locative adpositions in Amharic, a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. The analysis is based on elicited data that were collected by using Bowerman and Pederson’s (1992) topological relations picture ...
Gashaw Arutie Asaye
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The grammaticalization path DEICTIC SPATIAL ADVERB > ADPOSITION
Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México, 2023 In addition to the grammaticalization of nouns and verbs into adpositions, which has been widely discussed in the grammaticalization literature, this paper identifies and describes a much less well known grammaticalization path, by which deictic spatial
Denis Creissels
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