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Ditransitive constructions in Cantonese: the give-construction as the non-prototypical example
, 2007 INTRODUCTION : 1. The default definition for a ditransitive construction is almost invariably ‘a construction like the give-construction’. 2. While the give-construction is the most representative example of such constructions in most languages, this is ...
Lam, OSC
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Ditransitive constructions : A challenge for Italian learners of German
, 2023 Many studies have dealt in full length with ditransitive constructions from a theoretical point of view (Goldberg 1995, 2006; Haspelmath 2004, Malkuchov et al.
Mollica, Fabio, De Knop, Sabine
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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 +2 more
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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 +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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A construction grammar account of possessive constructions in Lancashire dialect : some advantages and challenges. [PDF]
, 2007 This study investigates reduction of 1SG possessives in possessive–noun constructions in Lancashire dialect. On the basis of a corpus of twenty-six interviews we show that reduction patterns according to (in)alienability.
Siewierska, Anna, Hollmann, Willem B.
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Morphosyntax aspects of ditransitive constructions with the verb DAR ‘to give’ in Portuguese Sign Language [PDF]
Linguística, 2016 In this study we analyze some morphosyntactic aspects of the verb DAR ‘to give’ in LGP (Portuguese Sign Language) in simple declarative sentences, in particular, two properties: (i) the position of the arguments regarding the verb and (ii) the agreement ...
Celda Choupina +2 more
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A FIRST LOOK AT CHEN (KONYAK) ARGUMENT AND CLAUSE STRUCTURES
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2021 Chen (Bodo-Konyak-Jingphaw, Tibeto-Burman) is an undocumented language of the Konyak ethnic group. It is spoken in northeast India and northwest Myanmar. This article provides a first description of the Chen simple argument and clause structures.
Hoipo Konyak
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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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The Complex Domain Matrix of Ditransitive Constructions [PDF]
, 2010 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
Huelva-Unternbaumen, Enrique
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