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A Probabilistic and Syntactic Account of Variable Clitic Agreement in Spanish Double Object Constructions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In Spanish clitic-doubling constructions, the clitic should agree in number with its coreferential doubled noun phrase. However, the present corpus analysis with data from 21 Spanish varieties reveals that, under certain structural configurations, number
Gustavo Guajardo
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Testing the Interface Hypothesis: Evidence from processing directions of possession transfer in double object constructions by L1-Mandarin Chinese L2-English learners. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe Interface Hypothesis postulates that internal interfaces linking domains within the language system are ultimately acquired at a near-native proficiency level in second language (L2) acquisition.
Yuxi Li, Tao Zeng, Ze Liu
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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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Double Object Constructions in DSS Hebrew [PDF]
Dead Sea Discoveries, 2020 Abstract In this article an overview is given of the verbal valence patterns of the verb נתן in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Four patterns are distinguished for this verb: 1. נתן + OBJECT to produce; 2. + נתן OBJECT + RECIPIENT to give to; 3. נתן + OBJECT + LOCATION to place; 4. נתן + OBJECT + 2ND OBJECT to make into. All occurrences of the
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French missing object constructions
Glossa, 2022 This paper discusses a class of French à-infinitival constructions, where the missing direct object corresponds to an external argument, either being the antecedent noun in an attributive use, or else a raised argument in a subject or object predication ...
Berthold Crysmann +1 more
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Grammatical relations in Ikalanga
Studies in African Linguistics, 2006 Although facts about grammatical relations in many Bantu languages have been established since the early 1970s, there are still languages in this family which have not benefited from such studies. One of these is Ikalanga, spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Joyce T. Mathangwane, E. Kweku Osam
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The abscence of the linker in double object constructions in Nuu
Studies in African Linguistics, 2004 The linker in Nluu appears before various types of nominal expressions, but not before the second object in a double object construction. Linkers in Khoisan languages such as +Hoan and Jul'hoansi do appear in this position. I will show that this property
Chris Collins
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Ditransitive verbs and the ditransitive construction: a diachronic perspective [PDF]
, 2011 This paper argues for the adoption of a construction-based perspective to the investigation of diachronic shifts in valency, which is a hitherto largely neglected topic in the framework of valency grammar. On the basis of a comparison of the set of verbs
Colleman, Timothy
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Bound person forms in ditransitive clauses revisited. [PDF]
, 2007 In a recent article Gensler (2003) has argued that little can be said about the ordering of bound person markers of the T(heme) and R(ecipient) relative to each other or relative to the verb stem apart from the fact that the outer markers are likely to ...
Bakker, Dik, Siewierska, Anna
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Simple vs. complex transitive constructions in the acquisition of English structures
Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 2021 This study examines the acquisition of English simple monotransitive and complex dative alternation (DA) structures (double object constructions (DOC) and to/for-datives) in the longitudinal spontaneous production of monolingual children.
Silvia Sánchez Calderón
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