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Valency-Increasing Mechanism in the Dawan Language
Suar Betang, 2022 This article discusses the valency-increasing mechanism in the Dawan language. The data was obtained through observation of Dawan language speakers by applying the note-taking method.
Naniana N. Benu +3 more
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On the analysis of non-selected datives in Maltese [PDF]
, 2012 This paper provides a descriptive overview of extra-argumental or non-selected datives in Maltese, poorly described in existing grammars. We outline an LFG approach to the facts we describe building on existing LFG work and in particular on Kibort (2008)?
Camilleri, M, Sadler, L
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The acquisition of the English dative alternation by Russian foreign language learners [PDF]
, 2014 Ditransitive verbs include a “recipient” and a “theme” argument (in addition to the subject). The choice of putting one argument before the other (i.e., either recipient-theme, or theme-recipient) is associated with multiple discourse-pragmatic factors ...
Baten, Kristof +2 more
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KA…HOO CONSTRUCTIONS IN TAIWAN SOUTHERN MIN [PDF]
Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 2009 Taiwan Southern Min ka and hoo have been broadly investigated in the literature (e.g., Cheng et al. 1999, Lien 2002, Tsao 2005). However, very little of the previous research has focused on the interaction between these two functional words.
Hui-Chi Lee
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Ditransitive Verbs in M. Greek
Selected papers on theoretical and applied linguistics, 1998 The aim of this paper is to provide a unified account of the properties of M. Greek ditransitive verbs and clarify the nature of differences between Greek and English double object constructions. The analysis is conducted within the Principles & Parameters framework and Minimalism (Chomsky, 1995).
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Similarity in linguistic categorization: The importance of necessary properties [PDF]
, 2012 Usage-based models of language propose that the acceptability of an element in a constructional slot is determined by its similarity to attested fillers of that slot (Bybee 2010, ch. 4).
Kalyan, Siva
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On the perspectivization of a recipient role - cross-linguistic results from a speech production experiment on GET-passives in German, Dutch and Luxembourgish [PDF]
, 2010 The focus of this paper is the perspectivization of thematic roles generally and the recipient role specifically. Whereas perspective is defined here as the representation of something for someone from a given position (Sandig 1996: 37 ...
Lenz, Alexandra N.
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On regression modeling in varieties research
World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 57-77, March-June 2025.Abstract One particularly prominent methodological development in linguistics is what has been termed the “quantitative turn”: Not only are more and more studies using statistical tools to explore data and to test hypotheses, the complexity of the statistical methods employed is growing as well.
Stefan Th. Gries
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1987 Contrary to the view that in Bantu languages the two unmarked nominals following the verb in ditransitive constructions need not be distinguished because both possess the same object properties, this paper shows the necessity of making a distinction ...
Videa P. De Guzman
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Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic LinguisticsThis article discusses one of the possible roles that gender could have in the Agree operation (Chomsky 2000, 2001). Based on the analysis of the PCC in Spanish developed in Camacho Ramírez (2024), in which, in the context of a ditransitive verb, gender
Rafael Camacho Ramírez
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