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Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2007 This paper is part of Peter Svenonius’ Adposition Seminar at the University of Tromsø which was taught in 2005-2006. The main focus was the distinction between locative path and locative place constructions. The aim of this paper is descriptive in nature
Marleen van de Vate
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Datives and adpositions in North-Eastern Basque [PDF]
, 2011 Many languages show a degree of overlapping between the distinct categories of adpositions and oblique cases. The use of oblique cases very frequently extends to cover semantic roles that are typically expressed by adpositions.
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Kas elliptiline (nimisõnata) kaassõnafraas on olemas?
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021 Kokkuvõte. Sõnaliigiliselt on kaassõnade ja määrsõnade klass võrdlemisi erinevad. Kaassõnu on keeles suhteliselt väike ja piiratud hulk, neid tekib aja jooksul küll juurde, kuid kaassõnaks grammatiseerumine muudest sõnaliikidest on pikem protsess ...
Ann Veismann
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Ergativity and depth of analysis [PDF]
, 2019 In this paper, I argue that “depth of analysis” does not deserve the prestige that it is sometimes given in general linguistics. While language description should certainly be as detailed as possible, general linguistics must rely on worldwide comparison
Haspelmath, M.
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Two ways of encoding location in Greek: Locative applicatives and prepositions
Glossa, 2016 Cross-linguistically, oblique theta roles such as location can be encoded by both adpositions and applicative morphemes. In this paper we argue that Standard Modern Greek (SMG), a language that encodes location primarily with prepositions, has a set of ...
Evangelia Daskalaki, Marios Mavrogiorgos
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Some Grammatical Innovations in the Development of Estonian and Finnish: Forced Grammaticalization; pp. 241-256 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2011 The term forced grammaticalization (Zwangsgrammatikalisierung) was introduced by Nicole Nau, concerning the inclusion of articles into the grammars and dictionaries of old written Latvian and Estonian. The development of the standard Estonian offers many
Helle Metslang
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Russian, Swedish, and Finnish adpositions meaning ‘under’ and ‘over’ in temporal constructions
Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies, 2019 In Russian, Swedish, and Finnish, adpositions with partly overlapping spatial meanings of ‘under’ and ‘over’ / ‘across’ are used with different temporal meanings, which, from a cognitive linguistic point of view, can be interpreted as evidence for ...
Martina Björklund, Johanna Viimaranta
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Why partitive? Possible motivations for the partitive complement of Finnic adpositions
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse AjakiriAdpositions localize an entity (Figure) with respect to another entity (Ground), designated by the complement of the adposition. Most Finnic adpositions are postpositions with a genitive Ground, while prepositions typically have a partitive Ground ...
Tuomas Huumo
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Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures, 2020 This paper investigates the adpositional marking and case marking systems in Lutuv. This investigation finds that the basic adpositional phrase consists of a noun and a simplex or complex postposition. Complex postpositions are often used to convey information about both movement and location, whereas simplex postpositions are usually limited to ...
Haza, Julia, Wagner, Alexis
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Token-based typology and word order entropy: A study based on universal dependencies
, 2019 The present paper discusses the benefits and challenges of token-based typology, which takes into account the frequencies of words and constructions in language use.
Levshina, N.
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