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The Argument Structure of Deverbal Nouns: Evidence from Kurdish (Sanandaji Variety) [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه پژوهش‌های زبان‌شناسی, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the argument structure of deverbal nouns, and the restrictions on the mapping of arguments in Sanandaji Kurdish.
Yadgar Karimi, Niaz Tishegaran
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Analogical Argument Schemes and Complex Argument Structure

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2015
This paper addresses several issues in argumentation theory. The over-arching goal is to discuss how a theory of analogical argument schemes fits the pragma-dialectical theory of argument schemes and argument structures, and how one should properly ...
Andre Juthe
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Cilitives (‘easy’ and ‘difficult’) in West Circassian: Semantics, argument structure and part-of-speech characteristics [PDF]

open access: yesRhema. Рема, 2021
West Circassian displays two types of cilitive (facilitive ‘easy’ and difficilitive ‘difficult’) forms, namely nominal cilitives, which describe individuals, and secondary cilitives, which describe the state of affairs.
Yu. Lander, I. Bagirokova
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Walton on Argument Structure

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2008
In previous work I argued against (i) the likelihood of finding a theoretically sound foundation for the linked/convergent distinction and (ii) the utility of the distinction even if a sound theoretical basis could be found. Here I subject Douglas Walton’
G.C. Goddu
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Ditransitive verbs and the ditransitive construction: a diachronic perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper argues for the adoption of a construction-based perspective to the investigation of diachronic shifts in valency, which is a hitherto largely neglected topic in the framework of valency grammar. On the basis of a comparison of the set of verbs
Colleman, Timothy
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Argument structure of classifier predicates in Russian Sign Language

open access: yesNatural language & linguistic theory, 2019
We analyze classifier predicates in Russian Sign Language (RSL) using a combination of naturalistic corpus and elicited data in order to determine their argument structure, and to test the generalization, based on research on other sign languages, that ...
V. Kimmelman, R. Pfau, E. Aboh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contact-Induced Changes in the Argument Structure of Middle English Verbs on the Model of Old French

open access: yesJournal of Language Contact, 2019
This paper investigates contact-induced changes in the argument structure of Middle English verbs on the model of Old French. 1 We study two issues: i) to what extent did the English system retain and integrate the argument structure of verbs copied ...
C. Trips, A. Stein
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Effect of verb argument structure on picture naming in children with and without specific language impairment (SLI) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: This study investigated verb argument structure effects in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Aims: A picture-naming paradigm was used to compare the response times and naming accuracy for nouns and verbs with differing ...
Andreu Barrachina, Llorenç   +3 more
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Nanai argument structure: Russian influence

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2013
The paper investigates two classes of verbs in the Naikhin dialect of Nanai (Tungusic; spoken mostly in the Russian Far East) that demonstrate a certain instability with respect to their argument structure in a situation where there is contact with ...
Ksenia Shagal
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The limits of argument structure

open access: yesAnuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1997
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Ken Hale, Jay Keyser
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