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An Interaction Grammar of interrogative and relative clauses in French
We present a fairly complete grammar of interrogative and relative clauses in French, written in the formalism of Interaction Grammars. Interaction Grammars combine two key ideas: a grammar is viewed as a constraint system which is expressed through the notion of tree description, and the resource sensitivity of natural languages is used as a syntactic
Perrier, Guy
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Interrogative Clauses across CEFR Levels in Finnish and Swedish as an L2 [PDF]
The present study investigates the frequency of three types of interrogative clauses in 329 semi-formal email messages written by language learners of Finnish and of Swedish spoken in Finland.
Toropainen Outi, Lahtinen Sinikka
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Cº realizations along the left edge across English and Spanish
This paper investigates the lexicalization of the complementizer that/que in English and Spanish varieties in different contexts along the left edge of the clause.
Julio Villa-García
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Between rhetorical questions and information requests: A versatile interrogative clause in Estonian
This article investigates the pragmatic and functional aspects of an interrogative question pattern in Estonian: questions introduced by the adjective huvitav (‘interesting’).
Amon Marri
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Substantivized embedded interrogative and exclamative finite wh-clauses in Spanish
In this chapter I explore the nature of clausal nominalization/substantivization of a specific type of finite clauses in Spanish, namely embedded interrogative and exclamative wh-clauses ( clauses).
Delicado Cantero, Manuel +1 more
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La question et l’interrogation en contexte : point de vue énonciatif
This paper sets out to examine questions and interrogation from an enunciative perspective: the various types of structuration are presented in connection with their enunciative and pragmatic – modal and illocutionary – implications.
Jean-Marie Merle
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Investigating clausal wh-constructions in Romanian
Romanian has an articulated system of (non-)interrogative wh-clauses that look morphosyntactically similar or even identical to each other on the surface, while exhibiting striking differences in distribution and interpretation.
Ivano Caponigro, Anamaria Falaus
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Nominal and adverbial clauses in Maltese [PDF]
The article considers two types of subordinate sentences: nominal (complement) clauses and adverbial clauses. It touches upon the difference between a nominal clause with an explicit verb and a clause lacking an explicit verb (a predicate/copular ...
Borg, Albert
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Interrogative Slifting: More syntactic, less parenthetical
In this article we re-assess the recent analysis of interrogative Slifting (e.g., Who is a Martian, do you think?) proposed in Haddican et al. (2014). In this analysis, the two component clauses have an indirect syntactic relation to each other, and the ...
Arthur Stepanov, Penka Stateva
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Pemerolehan Kalimat Bahasa Indonesia Anak Usia 4;0–5;0 Tahun
The purpose of this research is to describe the acquisition of Indonesian sentences for children aged 4;0-5;0 years old. Specifically, this study aims to explain the types of sentences used by children aged 4;0-5;0 years based on their syntactic form ...
Aminah Elvina +2 more
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