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The reorganization of the direct and indirect objects in Romanian language [PDF]

Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2020
The present study, continuing some previous research, highlighted the semantic-syntactic characteristics of the two syntactic positions. Based on the hierarchy of these arguments (transitivity and dative rection), it was found,
Ștefan GĂITĂNARU
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The Acquisition of Clitic-Doubling in Spanish

, 2000
This version of the chapter has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections.
Torrens, Vicenç, Wexler, Kenneth
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From Latin QUO(D) VELLES to Romagnol Cvël: A Case of Degrammaticalisation from a Free‐choice Indefinite to the Noun ‘Thing’1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 1, Page 119-150, March 2024.
Abstract Degrammaticalisation is an oft‐dismissed category of language change. In this paper evidence is provided for its existence, its triggers, and its conditions. This case study details the development of an understudied Old Italo‐Romance indefinite, covelle, a polarity‐sensitive item roughly translating as ‘anything’ which originated from a Latin
Nicola D’Antuono
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Exploring interface phenomena

Isogloss
In order to choose among different methods when collecting linguistic data, many different factors should be considered. We will argue that the choice of the most appropriate methods depends on whether a construction applies within one linguistic module
Jorge Vega Vilanova, Susann Fischer
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acquisition of clitic objects in Modern Greek : single clitics, clitic doubling, clitic left dislocation

ZAS Papers in Linguistics, 2000
The present study is concerned with Single Clitics, as weil as with Clitic Doubling and Clitic Left Dislocation constructions and will test the Uniformity Hypothesis (Sportiehe 1992), according to which all three constructions involve the same underlying structure.
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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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Typological Differences in Morphological Patterns, Gender Features, and Thematic Structure in the L2 Acquisition of Ashaninka Spanish

Languages, 2018
It has been widely argued that morphological competence, particularly functional morphology, represents the bottleneck of second language acquisition (Jensen et al. 2017; Lardiere 1998, 2005; Slabakova 2008, 2009, 2013).
Liliana Sánchez, Elisabeth Mayer
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Clitic doubling and M-chains in Pirahã

, 1984
From the introduction: Recent studies of syntax have shown clitics to be a rich source of insights into a variety of principles governing the well-formedness of sentences (cf., inter alia, Kayne (1975); Steele, et al. (1981); Jaeggli (1982); Borer (1981)
Everett, Daniel L.
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Intervention in agreement and case assignment: the role of doubling

Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, 2020
In this paper we will show that there are two types of languages which involve different mechanisms in obviating Minimality Violations/Defective Intervention and Case opacity: Agreement languages of Punjabi/Icelandic-type with default agreement and ...
Mihaela Moreno Marchis, Ludovico Franco
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Lack of iteration: A problem for accusative clitic doubling [PDF]

, 1996
In this paper I show that accusative clitic doubling in Spanish affects the aspectual interpretation of the VP in that it blocks iterative readings of eventive predicates.
Schmitt, Cristina
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