L2 acquisition of Wh-interrogatives at the syntax-discourse interface: interface hypothesis again [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2023 This study sets out to answer one major question: do linguistic phenomena relating to syntax-discourse interface constitute difficulty for Yemeni learners of English?
Mohammed Shormani
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Multiple wh-interrogatives in child heritage Romanian: On-line comprehension and production. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Bentea A, Marinis T.
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A Structural and Pragmatic Investigation of Conducive Interrogatives in Contemporary Persian Conversations [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2022 : Not only do the interrogatives characteristically serve the pragmatic function of questioning, they are also used for a variety of other functions.
Soleiman Ghaderi
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Eesti keele otseste eriküsilausete sõnajärje aspekte
Keel ja Kirjandus, 2023 Estonian is a verb-second (V2) language: in certain types of sentences, the finite verb tends to be the second constituent. The V2 feature of Estonian is most likely to have developed under Germanic influence.
Heete Sahkai +2 more
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Functional gestures as morphemes: Some evidence from the languages of Southern Italy
Glossa, 2023 Recently, gestures have been a topic of much interest in formal linguistics, especially with respect to their semantic contribution (Ebert & Ebert 2014; Schlenker 2018a; Esipova 2019a; i.a.).
Valentina Colasanti
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Cº realizations along the left edge across English and Spanish
Languages, 2023 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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A miks sa torusse ei räägi? Miks-küsilausetega tehtavad suhtlustegevused argitelefonivestlustes
Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2017 "Social actions conducted by why-interrogatives in Estonian everyday telephone conversations" This paper analyses interrogatives formed with the why pronoun in Estonian everyday telephone conversations.
Kirsi Laanesoo
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Focused Constituent Interrogatives in Lɛtɛ (Larteh)
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2010 Lεtε is a South Guan (Kwa, Niger-Congo) language (Lewis, 2009) spoken in only one town: Larteh, located in the southeastern part of Ghana, West Africa.
Mercy Akrofi Ansah
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Pronouns, Interrogatives, and (Quichua-Media Lengua) Code-Switching: The Eyes Have It
Languages, 2020 This study examines the processing of two putatively problematic intra-sentential code-switching configurations, following subject pronouns and interrogatives, in a bilingual speech community in which there are no confounding grammatical differences. The
John M. Lipski
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Question Nouns and Clause-Typing in Yoruba
Lingual, 2023 Interrogative sentences are deployed to perform speech acts of asking questions or making requests. Interestingly, the syntax of interrogatives in Yorùbá has attracted the attention of many researchers in the language (Ìl??rí, 2010: ?lá?rewájú & Táíwò ...
Emmanuel Omoniyi OLANREWAJU
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