Quantity superlatives in Germanic, or, ‘Life on the fault line between adjective and determiner' [PDF]
This paper concerns the superlative forms of the words many, much, few, and little, and their equivalents in other Germanic languages (German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dalecarlian, Icelandic, and Faroese).
Coppock, Elizabeth
core
Not on the edge: the syntax and pragmatics of clause-initial negation in Swedish [PDF]
The possibility of topicalizing sentential negation is severely restricted in the Germanic V2-languages. In this paper, we show that negative preposing was more frequent and less restricted in earlier stages of Swedish: approx.
Agnes Jäger +28 more
core +2 more sources
The Proto-Germanic pluperfect [PDF]
The Germanic perfect presents (Präteritopräsentien) form a past tense by adding the endings of the weak preterit to the stem of the past participle, e.g. Go. wissa ‘knew’. This is a recent formation (cf. Kortlandt 1989). We may therefore ask ourselves if
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
core
The SCOTS Corpus: a resource for language contact study [PDF]
The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS) is an ongoing project in the Department of English Language, University of Glasgow. The ultimate aim of the project is to create a large electronic corpus of both written and spoken texts for the ...
Anderson, W.
core
Food Risk Analysis: Towards a Better Understanding of "Hazard" and "Risk" in EU Food Legislation. [PDF]
Cioca AA, Tušar L, Langerholc T.
europepmc +1 more source
Gaussian process models for geographic controls in phylogenetic trees. [PDF]
Hartmann F, Jäger G.
europepmc +1 more source
First language influence on second language performance: A study of common English grammatical errors among rural secondary school students [PDF]
As a second language in Malaysia, English is taught to all from the pre-school level until the fifth form of the secondary school. Even though the teaching and learning of English is carried out for several years, many students still fail to acquire the ...
Abdul Hamid, Nor Zakiah +3 more
core
A binary system of complementizers in Cimbrian relative clauses [PDF]
The system of Cimbrian relative clauses manifests itself in a complex scenario: two different complementizers occur in this context: i) the ‘autochthonous’ (Germanic) bo, cognate of Southern German wo, and ii) the ‘allochthonous’ ke, borrowed from ...
Bidese, Ermenegildo +2 more
core +1 more source
Cultural determinants of the gap between self-estimated navigation ability and wayfinding performance: evidence from 46 countries. [PDF]
Walkowiak S +9 more
europepmc +1 more source
Oblique subjects : a common germanic inheritance [PDF]
Barddal, Johanna +1 more
core +2 more sources

