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Micro-Syntactic Variation in North American English. Ed. by Raffaella Zanuttini and Laurence R. Horn. [PDF]

, 2016
This is a review of the book Micro-Syntactic Variation in North American English, edited by Raffaella Zanuttini and Laurence R. Horn (Yale University). 2014. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fernández-Serrano, Irene
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Exploring interface phenomena

Isogloss
In order to choose among different methods when collecting linguistic data, many different factors should be considered. We will argue that the choice of the most appropriate methods depends on whether a construction applies within one linguistic module
Jorge Vega Vilanova, Susann Fischer
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The subject realization in L2 Spanish by German L1 speakers

Isogloss
This article deals with the realization of referential subjects in the L2 Spanish of German (adult) native speakers. The acquisition of a null subject grammar by speakers of a non-null subject language has drawn considerable attention in generative ...
Anna Kocher
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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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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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Geospatial distributions reflect temperatures of linguistic features. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2021
Kauhanen H, Gopal D, Galla T, Bermúdez-Otero R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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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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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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.
europepmc   +1 more source

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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