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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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Quantification at a distance and grammatical illusions in French

Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 1-47, March 2024.
Abstract Recent research in psycholinguistics supports the hypothesis that retrieval from working memory is a key component of establishing syntactic dependencies in comprehension. This can result in so‐called grammatical illusions. These illusions have been modeled as the result of a content‐addressable retrieval process in sentence comprehension that
Jérémy Pasquereau, Brian Dillon, Lyn Frazier   +2 more
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Ditransitive passive in Pāini [PDF]

Indo-Iranian Journal, 1991
1.1. The terms sakarmaka "a verb with an object, transitive" and akarmaka "a verb without an object, intransitive" appear in PS.nini's grammar. While the later commentaries do use the term dvikarmaka "ditransitive verb", the term does not itself appear in PS.nini's grammar. One can derive constructions with two or more objects in the case of causatives,
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The be‐ versus get‐passive alternation in world Englishes

World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 86-108, March 2024.
Abstract Multifactorial studies of the be:get‐passive alternation are still rare. On the basis of the International Corpus of English, this is the first investigation to use mixed modelling for the passive alternation in world Englishes. Overall, our findings reveal that regional differences are far less important than language‐internal constraints ...
Marianne Hundt, Bethany Dallas, Shimon Nakanishi   +2 more
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Ditransitive constructions in three Balochi dialects from a typological perspective

, 2018
This paper investigates ditransitive constructions with respect to alignment types anddifferential object marking (DOM) in the Coastal, Sistani, and Koroshi dialects of Balochi,which belongs to the so-called North-Western group of Iranian languages ...
Jugle, Thomas, Nourzaei, Maryam,
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The Complex Domain Matrix of Ditransitive Constructions

, 2022
This study focuses on the semantics of ditransitive constructions. Its main aim is to show that the semantics of this type of construction is made up of elements belonging to different conceptual domains. In order to fully analyze the complexity inherent
Unternbäumen, Enrique Huelva
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Passivization of ditransitive verbs from the FSP point of view [PDF]

Linguistica Pragensia, 2015
The present paper aims at contributing to the study of passivization of ditransitive complementation from the FSP point of view. English ditransitive verbs generally allow two passive constructions, i.e.
Gabriela Brůhová
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Passivization of Ditransitive Verbs in Persian Based on Symmetric Move Approach [PDF]

̒Ilm-i Zabān
This research examines the passivization of sentences with ditransitive verbs in Persian, based on the notion of symmetric move. The two objects of these sentences can move to the specifier of the tense head in the passive sentence. However, according to
سید مهدی ساداتی نوش آبادی, hengameh vaezi   +1 more
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Old Persian ditransitive constructions

, 2019
Old Persian distinguishes two types of ditransitive constructions: the genitive ditransitive construction (see example 1) and the double accusative ditransitive construction The differences between these constructions have been observed in previous ...
Benvenuto
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Explaining the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint: A usage-based approach

Constructions, 2004
In this paper, I propose a frequency-based explanation of the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint, a cross-linguistic generalization that can be formulated as follows: “Combinations of bound pronouns with the roles Recipient and Theme are disfavored if ...
Martin Haspelmath
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