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Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant (at‐SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried
Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt
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On the internal and external syntax of adverbial clauses in Faroese:Causal and temporal clauses [PDF]
, 2023 Recent and current research into the syntax of adverbial clauses has been investigating their external syntax (in particular where they attach to their host clause), their internal syntax (in particular whether or not they exhibit certain “root phenomena,
Angantýsson, Ásgrímur +1 more
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Linguistic Discovery, 2011 Hinuq (Nakh-Daghestanian language family, Caucasus, Russia) has a rich system of verbal forms. In independent/main clauses there are seven synthetic TAM forms, 20 periphrastic TAM forms, and two heterogeneous TAM forms that cannot be attributed clearly ...
Diana Forker
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Speech and Language Markers of Bipolar Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities
Bipolar Disorders, Volume 28, Issue 5, August 2026.ABSTRACT Background Clinicians aspire to predict the emergence of Bipolar Disorder (BD) in a timely manner. To accomplish this, markers reflecting mental states that can be gathered non‐invasively and at large scale are needed. Here, we systematically evaluate evidence relating speech‐based markers to mood states in BD.
Farida Zaher +4 more
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Linguistic TypologyOne construction that has traditionally been neglected in the typological study of clause-linkage is that built on ‘let alone’ (e.g., the baby can’t even talk, let alone walk).
Olguín Martínez Jesús
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On the Syntax of Instrumental Clauses: The Case of Indem-Clauses in German
LanguagesIn this article, I examine the external and internal syntax of instrumental indem-clauses in German. As a subordidating conjunction, indem takes a finite TP as its complement and triggers verb final position.
Łukasz Jędrzejowski
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Authors as Mentors: Grammar as Tools, Not Rules
The Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 1, July/August 2026.ABSTRACT Using a contextualized approach to grammar instruction, with published authors as mentors, contrasts starkly to ineffective methods that use worksheets and isolated grammar instruction. With this contextualized approach, students turn to authors as mentors for using grammar as tools, not rules.
Vicki S. Collet, Brooke Ward
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“Queens of Ghost‐Land” 134 Years Later: Un‐Masking an Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser
The Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 98-110, June 2026.ABSTRACT In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about witches in the Appalachian Mountains and the alleged powers they possessed to control their small farming community. The article was scathing in accusation and ultimately contributed to continued othering of the women profiled, increasing their visible vulnerabilities of class, gender ...
Aíne Norris
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German participle II constructions as adjuncts
, 2013 The present investigation is concerned with German participles II (past participles) as lexical heads of adjuncts. Within a minimalist framework of sound-meaning correlation, the analysis presupposes a lexicalist conception of morphology and the ...
Zimmermann, Ilse
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LanguagesThis paper investigates the syntax and diachrony of Italian causal clauses introduced by perché, siccome, and poiché. Although often treated as near-synonyms in Contemporary Italian, these subordinators differ systematically in their syntactic ...
Jacopo Garzonio, Emanuela Sanfelici
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