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In present-day spoken German, subordinate clauses introduced by the connector weil ‘because’ occur with two orders of subject, finite verb, and object(s).
Gerard Kempen, Karin Harbusch
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weil dies ist ^MEInungsbezogen. Über die verfestigte Verbzweitstellung in meinungs- und gefühlsbezogenen weil-Sätzen im gesprochenen Deutsch [PDF]
This paper explores utterances in the form of causal clauses introduced by the conjunction weil in conversational German. The focus of this research is the relationship between the position of the finite verb in the clause and the type of explanation or ...
Dario Marić
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Form and function: Optional complementizers reduce causal inferences
Many factors are known to influence the inference of the discourse coherence relationship between two sentences. Here, we examine the relationship between two conjoined embedded clauses in sentences like The professor noted that the student teacher did ...
Hannah Rohde, Joseph Tyler, Katy Carlson
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Satzstruktur und adverbiale Subordination. Eine Studie zum Deutschen und zum Italienischen
This paper investigates the syntactic behaviour of adverbial clauses in contemporary German and Italian. It focuses on three main questions: (i) How many degrees of syntactic integration of adverbial clauses are there to be distinguished by an adequate
Hardarik Blühdorn, Miriam Ravetto
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This article presents a study of adverbial clauses introduced by the connector quando (when) in printed news articles in Brazilian Portuguese. The aim is to investigate the role of these clauses in the emergency of rhetorical relations.
Gustavo Ximenes Cunha
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Adverbial clauses with -ig and the “until -puzzle” [PDF]
This paper is devoted to untangling some of the cross-linguistic puzzles that are associated with temporal adverbial clauses in general, and until-clauses in particular.
Ürögdi, Barbara, Barbara Ürögdi
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The Information Structure of Adverbial Clauses in Chinese Discourse [PDF]
This study investigated adverbial clauses in spoken as well as written Chinese discourse. The adverbial clauses in the spoken data were categorized into (i) initial clauses that occur in the initial position with respect to their linked material across ...
Yu-Fang Wang
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Clause Chaining and Discourse Continuity in Turkish Children's Narratives
The present study examines the development of complex sentences with non-finite clause combining with particular focus on clause chaining, in narratives of 40 Turkish-speaking 4- to 11-year-olds and six adults elicited by a wordless picture book. Results
Hale Ögel-Balaban, Ayhan Aksu-Koç
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A compositional account of counterfactual conditional clauses in Old Japanese [PDF]
The paper is concerned with tenselessness of the past tense morpheme in counterfactuals. The question is twofold. One is why is it the past tense that marks counterfactuality (Iatridou 2000, Ogihara 2000), which indicates anteriority.
Sano, Kyoko, Kyoko Sano
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Explicit learning based on interactive pedagogical methods used for reading comprehension
Explicit learning based on interactive pedagogical methods used for reading comprehension. When choosing the pedagogical strategies meant to foster the formation and the development of reading comprehension skills it is essential to detect the roots and ...
PREDA, Oana
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