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Control, restructuring and temporal interpretation
IsoglossIn this paper, we investigate whether there is a correlation between the temporal properties of control verbs and the possibility of restructuring with obligatory control predicates, taking clitic climbing as a diagnostic for restructuring.
Alexandra Fiéis, Ana Madeira
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Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2019 In this article the behavior of clitics in subject- versus object-control infinitival constructions is explained by arguing that the two constructions have different structures.
Martina Gračanin-Yuksek
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Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 1, January/February/March 2025.Abstract This study investigates the role of diglossic and orthographic features in reading comprehension in Arabic. Specifically, it probes the independent contribution of language, metalinguistic, and decoding skills in the spoken language and in Standard Arabic to reading comprehension in the abjad writing system of Arabic.
Elinor Saiegh‐Haddad, Rachel Schiff
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Infinitive fronting as a transparency effect in Old and Middle French
IsoglossIn this article, we present a novel analysis of infinitive fronting in Old and Middle French (9th-16th century). We find that in sentences with modal verbs and clitic climbing, the infinitive may either follow the main verb or precede it.
Marc Olivier +2 more
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Auxiliary selection in Italian restructuring: An insight into the size of the clause
Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 85-122, March 2024.Abstract In Standard Italian, restructuring clauses are characterized by apparently optional transparency effects in the choice of the clausal perfect auxiliary. In the perfect periphrasis, the auxiliary associated with the modal verb can be either HAVE or the one corresponding to the lexical verb (BE or HAVE).
Irene Amato
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Complementizer drop and clitic climbing in Torlakian: Evidence from the Timok variety
Balcania et SlaviaThe paper is based on a corpus study of the complementizer da drop (Comp_drop) and clitic climbing (CC) in the Timok variety of Serbian. Data are taken from the Spoken Torlak dialect corpus 1.0 (Vuković 2020) and comprise over 900 examples of ...
Miric, Mirjana
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Croatian Church Slavonic Clausal Complements and the Implicational Complementation Hierarchy
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i JezikoslovljeIn this paper, complement clauses in Croatian Church Slavonic (CCS) are examined in light of the implicational complementation hierarchy (ICH) proposed by Susanne Wurmbrand and Magdalena Lohninger (2023).
Josip Galić
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Microvariation in the second form of the infinitive in Campania
IsoglossCampanian dialects such as Neapolitan feature a so-called ‘second form of the infinitive’ (SFI), a form consisting of the bare verbal stem, which can be used after functional verbs.
Kim Groothuis, Mirella De Sisto
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Coordinate structure constraint: a-/a'- movement vs. clitic movement
Linguistica Brunensia, 2018 We discuss cases of apparent Coordinate Structure Constraint violations in Slovenian. We show that when two non-finite clauses are coordinated, clitics can front to the second position in the main clause from the first non-finite clause but not from the ...
Franc Lanko Marušič, Rok Žaucer
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Hierarchical structure and memory mechanisms in agreement attraction. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Franck J, Wagers M.
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