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Ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic: A morphosyntactic investigation

Topics in Linguistics, 2023
The purpose of this study is to discuss the morphosyntax of ordinal numerals in Jordanian Arabic (JA). I show that ordinal numerals in JA do not belong to a uniform category and argue that they show different syntactic and morphological behaviours ...
Alhailawani Mohammad
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Noun phrase in Cape Verdean

Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa, 2013
This paper presents a study on the Cape Verdean noun phrase, undertaking a comparison with European Portuguese (EP), Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and Guinea-Bissau Creole (Kriyol).
Wânia Miranda
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'Most' vs. 'the most' in languages where 'the more' means 'most' [PDF]

, 2018
This paper focuses on languages in which a superlative interpretation is typically indicated merely by a combination of a definiteness marker with a comparative marker, including French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek ('DEF+CMP languages ...
Coppock, Elizabeth, Strand, Linnea
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Agreement, disagreement and the NP vs. DP debate

Glossa, 2020
Of special relevance for the NP vs. DP debate are nominals in which the determiner has other values for number, gender, case and/or person than the noun, for depending on whether such nominals share these values with the noun or with the determiner they ...
Frank Van Eynde
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On the Behaviour of the English Negative Quantifier no in Sentential Negation Tests

Atlantis, 2022
In this article I show that, when compared to other English negative quantifiers, no behaves unexpectedly when diagnostic tests of sentential negation are applied.
Susagna Tubau
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Referentiality and the Noun

Hermes, 2011
This paper argues that nouns and names, as such, do not refer. Apparently-referring nouns and names have been converted lexically to determiners. Thus nouns and names participate in reference by virtue of dependency on a determiner, either in the syntax,
John Anderson
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Determinante e doppio determinante nel code-switching arabo-italiano

Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
This article explores the phenomenon of code-switching, specifically focusing on bilingual Arabic-Italian determiner phrases which consist of a determiner, such as an article or a demonstrative, followed by a noun phrase as a complement.
Yasmina Moussaid
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The structure of plural last names in Spanish and other languages

Glossa, 2021
An associative plural functional head is proposed for Spanish plural last names. Spanish plural last name noun phrases appear with a plural determiner and a singular or plural noun. Last names marked as singular are interpreted as a group, whereas plural
José Camacho
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The Syntactic Role of Arabic Language on Accusative Adjunct in The Book Nashā'iḥul-‘Ibād: An Overview to The Grammar Role and Reference

CMES (Center of Middle Eastern Studies), 2021
This research explains the categories and syntactic roles of Arabic in the book Nashâ? Iħul-ʕIbâd by Syekh Nawawi Al-Bantani based on the theory of roles and references grammar.
Khabib Akbar Maulana, Moh Masrukhi
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Grammatical gender selection and the representation of morphemes: The production of Dutch diminutives

, 2006
In this study, we investigated grammatical feature selection during noun phrase production in Dutch. More specifically, we studied the conditions under which different grammatical genders select either the same or different determiners.
Caramazza, A., Schiller, N.
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