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The interpretation of universally quantified DPs and singular definites in adverbially quantified sentences [PDF]

, 2008
This paper deals with the conditions under which singular definites, on the one hand, and universally quantified DPs, on the other hand, receive interpretations according to which the sets denoted by the NP-complements of the respective determiner vary ...
Hinterwimmer, Stefan
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Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source

Quantificational variability effects with plural definites : quantification over individuals or situations? [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper we compare the behaviour of adverbs of frequency (de Swart 1993) like usually with the behaviour of adverbs of quantity like for the most part in sentences that contain plural definites.
Endriss, Cornelia, Hinterwimmer, Stefan
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Vulgar Minimisers in English and Spanish1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we investigated whether vulgar minimisers form a natural class in English and Spanish by evaluating (i) their similarities and differences with respect to non‐vulgar minimisers and (ii) whether vulgar minimisers are inherently negative in these languages.
Ángel L. Jiménez‐Fernández, Susagna Tubau   +1 more
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From Nominalisation to Passive in Old Tibetan: Reconstructing Grammatical Meaning in an Extinct Language1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
wiley   +1 more source

Interessant nok: ein produktiv setnings- adverbialkonstruksjon

Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 2023
Norsk har éin produktiv konstruksjon som dannar setningsadverbial. Det er uttrykk bygde opp av eit adjektiv i positiv ubestemt eintal inkjekjønn og nok, t.d. sant nok, besynderlig nok og dustete nok.
Torodd Kinn
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ADVANCED GRAMMAR “Adverbs and Adverb Clauses”

, 2021
Adverb biasanya berfungsi untuk menjelaskan verb (kata kerja). Akan tetapi, ada pula adverb yang menjelaskan adjective (kata sifat) dan adverb lainnya.Adverb biasanya berasal dari adjective yang kemudian ditambahkan suffiks (akhiran) –ly, contoh: loud (keras) menjadi loudly (dengan keras), slow (pelan) menjadi slowly (dengan perlahan), careful (hati ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Extending the adverbial coverage of a NLP oriented resource for French [PDF]

, 2011
This paper presents a work on extending the adverbial entries of LGLex: a NLP oriented syntactic resource for French. Adverbs were extracted from the Lexicon-Grammar tables of both simple adverbs ending in -ment '-ly' (Molinier and Levrier, 2000) and ...
Stavroula, Voyatzi, Tolone, Elsa
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Parameter Hierarchies and Language Contact: The Present Perfect in Ecuadorian Spanish1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the hypothesis that the ‘fine‐grained’ grammatical differences that adult grammars under contact are said to be sensitive to (e.g., Hicks et al. 2023) amount to micro/nanoparametric distinctions, in the sense of Roberts (2019).
Norma Schifano
wiley   +1 more source

The syntax of orientation shifting: Evidence from English high adverbs [PDF]

, 2014
This paper reviews new data supporting the inclusion of a Speech Act Phrase in the left periphery. Illocutionary and evidential adverbs in English shift orientation from speakers in declarative sentences to addressees in yes-no interrogative sentences ...
Woods, Rebecca
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