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Filling In the Missing Piece in Research on Lexicalization Patterns
Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015 For more than a decade, studies on second language (L2) lexicalization patterns of motion events have examined crosslinguistic differences in encoding semantic elements (e.g., motions, paths, manners) into surface forms (e.g., verbs, prepositions ...
Hiromi Noguchi
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Deictic Motion verbs in Greek as a Foreign Language by Spanish and Catalan L1 learners: a preliminary approach [PDF]
, 2018 Η παρούσα µελέτη εξετάζει την έκφραση της Δείξης στα ισπανικά, καταλανικά και ελληνικά. Πιο συγκεκριµένα, στόχοι της είναι: πρώτον, να περιγράψει και να παρουσιάσει συγκριτικά τις διαφορές ανάµεσα στη χρήση των δεικτικών ρηµάτων κίνησης «πάω» και ...
Andria, Maria, Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto
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A usage based approach into the acquisition of relative clauses [PDF]
, 2016 : Previous research has shown that cross-linguistically relative clauses are acquired late and are considered as a signal of linguistic complexity. This study adapts a usage-based account of relative clause acquisition in Turkish. A corpus based on three
Altan, Aslı, Altinkamis, Feyza
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Filling In the Missing Piece in Research on Lexicalization Patterns
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2009 For more than a decade, studies on second language (L2) lexicalization patterns of motion events have examined crosslinguistic differences in encoding semantic elements (e.g., motions, paths, manners) into surface forms (e.g., verbs, prepositions ...
Hiromi Noguchi
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A Cognitive Grammar Perspective on Temporal Conceptualization in SLA
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2020 This article shows how cognitive grammar and cognitive linguistics theory offer a fruitful paradigm within which the process of second language acquisition can be examined.
Kermer Franka
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Anaphora Resolution in Near-Native Speakers of Italian [PDF]
, 2006 This study presents data from an experiment on the interpretation of intrasentential anaphora in Italian by native Italian speakers and by English speakers who have learned Italian as adults and have reached a near-native level of proficiency in this ...
Alonso-Ovalle, L. +20 more
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 4, July/August 2025.ABSTRACT Within formal semantics, languages with no exponent of tense, or with optional tense, have begun to be incorporated into the theory of temporality only in the last couple decades. This article traces the development of their study, identifying empirical arguments that arbitrate between competing analyses of tenselessness.
Maziar Toosarvandani
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Differences in the usage of punctuation between Croatian and English
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2016 The aim of this paper is to explore differences in the usage of punctuation between Croatian and English, especially regarding the influence of English as a foreign language on native speakers of Croatian. In recent decades, English has been such a large
Jakob Patekar
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Asking for action or information? Crosslinguistic comparison of interrogative functions in early child Cantonese and Mandarin [PDF]
, 2015 Request for information (RfI) is believed to be the universally dominant function of young children’s questioning, whereas request for action (RfA) has been reported to be the leading interrogative form used in early child Cantonese.
Leung, SO +4 more
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The development of complex verb constructions in British Sign Language [PDF]
, 2002 This study focuses on the mapping of events onto verb-argument structures in British Sign Language (BSL). The development of complex sentences in BSL is described in a group of 30 children, aged 3;2–12;0, using data from comprehension measures and ...
Herman, R., Morgan, G., Woll, B.
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