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Об употреблении инфинитива при переводе [PDF]

open access: yesSlavica TerGestina, 1997
The infinitive is a category showing special syntactic behaviour with its functions and constructive possibilities defined by its semantic specifications.
Ilona Erdei
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Ф-feature agreement: the distribution of the Breton bare and prepositional infinitives with the preposition da

open access: yesJournal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2012
This article investigates the hypothesis that infinitive clauses in Breton are case-filtered. This hypothesis makes a straightforward prediction for the distribution of infinitive clauses: bare infinitives appear in positions where direct case is ...
Mélanie Jouitteau
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Herder in the lab: Maximizing “cultural density” in multilingual training data for an open‐science AI project

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This paper provides ethnographic analysis of interactions between volunteers in an open‐science AI project entrusted with preparing multilingual text for use in fine‐tuning a pretrained LLM. Volunteers were encouraged to entextualize translated text into structured corpora and to write and edit prompt‐completion pairings in over 100 languages.
Joseph Wilson
wiley   +1 more source

Lexical Alternation of Subjective , objective and Infinitive Forms [PDF]

open access: yesدراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها, 2010
  This article attempts to describe lexical alterations which occur in Arabic poetry and prose and in the Holy Qur á n and are common in Arabic language .
Malik Yahya
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Mismatch Responses to Prosodic Changes in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: A Longitudinal Approach

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 64, Issue 7, October 2026.
This longitudinal study examined the maturation of mismatch responses to prosodic changes in preschool children with and without developmental language disorder. For duration discrimination, an early positive mismatch response diminished while a subsequent negative mismatch response increased, with significant longitudinal changes observed only in ...
Liis Themas   +7 more
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Variation of the inflected infinitive in Portuguese

open access: yesIsogloss
This study uses corpus methods to examine a controversial topic in Portuguese syntax (Cunha & Cintra 2016): the variation of the inflected infinitive, an uncommon verbal form that marks the infinitive for person and number but not tense. Previous work by
Vanessa Revheim Cunha   +2 more
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 1911-1924, September 2026.
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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Linguistic Variation across Instructional Segments in International Teaching Assistants' Discourse: A Corpus‐Based Analysis

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 1650-1677, September 2026.
Abstract This study investigates internal linguistic variation in the instructional discourse of international teaching assistants (ITAs) by segmenting their mini‐lecture performances into four discourse types: introduction, lecture, conclusion, and audience interaction.
Heesun Chang, Hector Rivera
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Existential Constructions and Syntactic Complexity in Chinese EFL Writing: A Corpus‐Based Comparative Study With ChatGPT‐Enhanced Analysis

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Existential constructions (ECs) play an important role in academic writing by introducing new information, expressing epistemic stance and facilitating information flow. Examining how EFL learners use different EC types can offer valuable insights into their syntactic development and writing proficiency. Previous research, however, has focused
Bingwei li   +3 more
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Auxiliaries in double-negation settings (non potest non + inf): Semantic gliding and syntactic description

open access: yesPallas, 2016
The formula non potest non + inf conveys a meaning of necessity which reflects the implication relationship between possibility and necessity.
Adriana M. Manfredini
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