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A Note on an ECM asymmetry in Spanish

Isogloss, 2017
This paper discusses an asymmetry in Spanish ECM structures whereby NP passivization improves if the embedded clause is a non-infinitive. The facts are accounted for by assuming that structural Case can only be assigned once within a relevant domain (a ...
Lorena Castillo Ros
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Geospatial distributions reflect temperatures of linguistic features. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2021
Kauhanen H, Gopal D, Galla T, Bermúdez-Otero R.   +3 more
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Internal and external interfaces

Isogloss
Understanding how ser and estar contrast is one of the greatest challenges in the grammar of L2 Spanish, but not all the uses of these verbs are equally complex to learn.
Aoife Ahern, José Amenós, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes   +2 more
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Morphological splits

Isogloss
As part of the enterprise of canonical typology, Corbett (2015, 2022, 2023) develops the concept of a morphological split, distinguishing between ‘internal’ or ‘lexical’ splits and ‘external’ or ‘morphosyntactic’ splits.
Irene Micali, Nigel Vincent, Max Wheeler
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A dialect geography in Yogyakarta-Surakarta isolect in Wedi District: An examination of permutation and phonological dialectometry as an endeavor to preserve Javanese language in Indonesia. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2021
Saddhono K, Hartanto W.
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Gradience and optionality in the syntactic realization of focus

Isogloss
The goal of this paper is to analyse the optionality and gradience observed in the syntactic distribution of information focus in three Romance languages: Catalan, Spanish and Italian.
Silvio Cruschina, Laia Mayol
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The voice of French existential on constructions

Isogloss
The external arguments of short passives and French existential on constructions share strikingly similar properties: both display discourse and scopal inertness, both fail to provide an antecedent for a PRO subject of a passive infinitival, and neither
Marc Authier, Lisa A Reed
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Sequence of Tense violations in subjunctive clauses

Isogloss
Starting from the assumption that the occurrence of Sequence of Tense violations in subjunctive argument clauses is sensitive to the type of clause, we examine the distribution of [Present under Past] occurrences violating the double access requirement (
Brenda Laca, Imran Hossain, Leticia López   +2 more
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Demystifying “Stylistic Fronting” in Medieval French

Isogloss
This study re-examines the phenomenon traditionally termed Stylistic Fronting (SF) in Medieval French. Drawing on data from verse texts dating from the thirteenth to the fourteenth centuries, it investigates the syntactic distributions and pragmatic ...
Dong Hyun Kang
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Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English?

Isogloss
This study examines the role of the Referential Hierarchy, as proposed by Cyrino, Duarte, & Kato (2000) based on diachronic data from Brazilian Portuguese (BP), in the restructuring of pronominal systems in L2 English.
Alexandra Fiéis, Joana Teixeira
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