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African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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Ditransitive predicates and dative arguments in Maltese
, 2013 This paper is concerned with the syntactic expression of three argument (ditransitive) predicates in Maltese. We provide the first detailed description of the ditransitive constructions found in Maltese, which have been largely ignored in the substantial
Camilleri, Maris, Sadler, Louisa
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Sens et relations de sens dans les grammaires de construction
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2008 Cet article étudie la question du sens et des relations de sens dans le cadre des grammaires de construction (GC), en s’intéressant tout particulièrement à la polysémie des signes grammaticaux.
Jérôme Puckica
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Ditransitive Constructions in Zaza Language
Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi, 2021 Languages group verbs in different ways. Because of the ergative feature of Zazaki, it plays a big role whether the verbs are transitive or intransitive. Zaza Language introduces some pronouns to distinguish double-transitive verbs from transitive and intransitive verbs. In some linguistic works, the terms transitive and ergative are used synonymously.
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Parallel Architecture: From Problems and Mysteries to Solutions and Explanations
Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 843-854, October 2025.Abstract We argue that Jackendoff's Parallel Architecture (PA) is the right way to think about the architecture of the language faculty. The critical property of this architecture is that it allows for genuine explanation by allocating different aspects of linguistic phenomena to appropriate corresponding representations and capacities.
Peter W. Culicover, Giuseppe Varaschin
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Argument structure hierarchies and alternations in causative and double object constructions
GlossaMany varieties of Arabic display a causative construction that adds a causer to the argument structure of the underlying verb. When this verb is transitive, the causative derivative is ditransitive.
Peter Hallman
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Parameter Preservation at the Syntax-PF Interface: The Ba Construction Revisited
Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2018 In this paper, I argue for an analysis that treats the ba construction in Chinese as a case of shape preservation-induced movement structure. Specifically, the robust preverbal adverbial and PP expressions and the mandatory ba-DP movement in ditransitive
Shu Chih-hsiang
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Remarks on the ditransitive construction in German
, 2020 This article compares three definitions of "ditransitive" with a view to determining how the differences and similarities between them can be accommodated under an overarching notion of ditransitive that takes into account the specifics of both verb ...
Willems, Klaas
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Input effects on the acquisition of a novel phrasal construction in five year olds [PDF]
, 2012 The present experiments demonstrate that children as young as five years old (M = 5;2) generalize beyond their input on the basis of minimal exposure to a novel argument structure construction.
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Un usage qui partage : anatomie d’une « faute » [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences« Partager qqch. à qqn. » : cette tournure ditransitive que nous qualifierons de dative semble se répandre dans l’usage depuis une dizaine d’années, non sans s’attirer les foudres d’une catégorie de discours qui auront tôt fait d’y voir une « faute » de ...
Julia Léopold
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