Syntax and semantics of the nominals mono and koto in Japanese : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Japanese at Massey University [PDF]
, 1999 There is a group of words which are usually referred to as keisiki-meisi (i.e. formal nouns) in Japanese. The formal noun is defined as a noun which does not have a substantive meaning, and is not used in isolation, but requires a preceding modifier.
Murata, Masami
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On the Status of Grammaticalisation and the Diachronic Dimension in Explanation [PDF]
Transactions of the Philological Society, 1997 The purpose of this paper is to consider how grammaticalisation, which is generally considered to be a diachronic process, can be fitted into a theory of language change that is based on the idea that change is brought about by the speaker, and hence is essentially a synchronic matter.
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Depicting handshapes for animate referents in Swedish Sign Language
Open LinguisticsIn this article, we explore the distribution of handshapes used in depicting constructions (also known as classifier predicates) representing animate referents in Swedish Sign Language (STS).
Simper-Allen Pia, Börstell Carl
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Making Referents Seen and Heard Across Signed and Spoken Languages: Documenting and Interpreting Cross-Modal Differences in the Use of Enactment. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Vandenitte S.
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La grammaticalisation de l'enfance en haoussa [PDF]
, 2008 The synchronic study of one lexical term through the various grades of the linguistic scale (lexicon, nominal or verbal phrase, interpropositional) allows for the analysis of the diachronic process of grammaticalization and of language in general.
Caron, Bernard
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Rethinking case marking and case alternation in Estonian [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper, we argue for a view of case marking that does not treat case as the passive realisation of other morpho-syntactic properties of a construction but as independently bringing information to a clause.
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On the Formation of Verb Compounds in Early Middle Japanese
Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 2013 This paper is dedicated to the formation of verb compounds in Early Middle Japanese, a stage of the Japanese language used in the Heian Period (794–1185). The findings reveal that current verb compounds have come a long way from Old Japanese.
Wenchao LI
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Is the future near or far depending on the verb tense markers used? An experimental investigation into the effects of the grammaticalization of the future. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Jäggi T, Sato S, Gillioz C, Gygax PM.
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La grammaticalisation: Bilan des études et perspectives de recherche [PDF]
, 2012 The aim of this paper is to provide a synthetic overview of current studies on grammaticalization. It first reconstructs the theoretical assumptions of this model and then attempts to discern the characteristics of the process of linguistic change which ...
Leïla Ben Hamad
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