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On the pseudo-small clause construction in Japanese: New evidence for A-movement out of a CP and its theoretical implications

open access: yesGlossa, 2017
This paper provides new evidence for the availability A-movement out of a CP and considers its theoretical implications. The discussion concerns what I call the “pseudo”-small clause construction in Japanese, which has not received much attention in the ...
Masahiko Takahashi
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Escape from Noun Complement Clauses in Avatime

open access: yesLanguages
This paper discusses the status of island phenomena in Avatime, an endangered Kwa language of Ghana. We focus on clausal adjuncts, specifically noun complement clauses (NCCs). We show that while standard adjuncts are strong islands in Avatime, NCCs allow
Travis Major, Harold Torrence
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Semantics of finite complement clauses and scope islandhood [PDF]

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This paper investigates the correspondence between the semantics of a finite complement clause and its scope islandhood. Via comparison of the semantics of canonical attitude verbs, e.g.
Wang, Huilei
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COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED ADIPOCYTE LYSIS BY NEPHRITIC FACTOR SERA [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Recent data indicate a previously unsuspected link between the complement system and adipocyte biology. Murine adipocytes produce key components of the alternative pathway of complement and are able to activate this pathway.
Lachmann, PJ   +10 more
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Emai's Variable Coding of Adjuncts

open access: yesLinguistic Discovery, 2014
This paper examines the morphosyntactic character of clauses containing adjuncts in Emai (Edoid and West Benue Congo). In clauses differing as to discourse function, adjunct coding is variable.
Ronald P. Schaefer, Francis O. Egbokhare
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Two Types of Complement Clauses in Late Middle Korean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
東京外国語大学大学院 博士後期課程Doctoral Student, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies本稿の目的は,従来の研究で置き換えが可能であると言われている中期朝鮮語の2つの補文節,即ち「連体形+形式名詞to(こと)」による補文節(to補文節)と名詞形語尾-wom~-wumによる補文節(-wom補文節)の棲み分けを明らかにすることである。『月印釈譜』(1459年)と『法華経諺解』(1463年)を用いて調査を行った結果 ...
OSANAI, Yuko   +4 more
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Mitigating Commitment through Negation

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to show that the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar constitutes a powerful model to account for the complex phenomenon of Neg-Raising in a consistent and systematic way.
Quintero María Jesús Pérez
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Verbal Complement Clauses A Minimalist Study of Direct Perception Constructions

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This monograph examines the syntax of bare infinitival and participial complements of perception verbs in English and other European languages, and investigates the general conditions under which verbal complement clauses are licensed.
Felser, Claudia.
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Relative clauses in Gavião of Rondônia

open access: yesBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2006
The language of the Gavião of Rondônia constructs relative clauses by syntactic nominalization, using either of two particles, mát 'concrete nominalization' or méne 'abstract nominalization', which are derived diachronically from discourse pronouns.
Denny Moore
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