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A Merge-based Analysis of the Left Periphery of νP [PDF]
, 2020 The main goal in this paper is to establish a theoretical foundation so that the syntactic derivation of the middle field can be explained by means of the narrowsyntax operation Merge, in line with the mainstream of the Minimalist Program.
FUKUDA, Minoru +2 more
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Reconsidering variation and change in the Medieval French subject system
Glossa, 2020 This article draws on a novel corpus of medieval texts to explore diachronic change in the French subject system. It is argued that the relative frequency of null, preverbal and postverbal subjects is affected by changes in the syntax-information ...
Sam Wolfe
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The Effect of Silence and Distance: Evidence from Recomplementation in US Heritage Spanish
Languages, 2020 The present study investigates the architecture of heritage language grammars, as well as divergence from the baseline, by offering novel data. Recomplementation is defined as a left-dislocated phrase sandwiched between a primary (C1) and an optional ...
Joshua Frank
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Linguistik Online, 2022 In this paper, it is proposed on the basis of data from German that some of the information-structural features encoded by the projections located in the clause-internal Split-CP domain in the Rizzian (1997) model are replicated in the so-called “outer ...
Nicholas Catasso
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Movement in the Afrikaans left periphery: A view from anti-locality
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2017 It has been convincingly argued that the so-called “left periphery” of the sentence makes available multiple positions which host topicalised and focalised phrases, among other elements.
Berghoff, Robyn
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On topic and focus in Standard Arabic
Heliyon, 2019 Adopting the Cartography research program (Rizzi, 1997, 2001, 2004), the present work investigates the CP layer in Standard Arabic (SA); specifically, the nature and position of topicalized and object focused phrases in the left periphery. The paper also
Abdulkhaliq Alazzawie
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Reanalysis in Hungarian Comparative Subclauses [PDF]
, 2013 My paper presents a diachronic study of the Left Periphery of Hungarian comparative subclauses, primarily focussing on the development of the complementisers and the operator.
Bácskai-Atkári, Júlia +1 more
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Old French Si, Syntax and Function in Diachrony
Isogloss, 2022 This article offers a diachronic analysis of the Old French particle si. Using data from both verse and prose texts, I analyse the function and syntax of si from the 12th to 14th centuries.
Wyn Francis Shaw
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Informational focus in Sicilian and the left periphery
, 2006 This book chapter is not currently available in ORA. Citation: Cruschina, S. (2006) Informational focu in Sicilian and the left periphery. In: Frascarelli, M. (ed.) Phases of interpretation (Studies in Generative Grammar 91).
Frascarelli, Mara, Cruschina, Silvio
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Complementizers and particles inside and outside of the left periphery: The case of Bulgarian revisited [PDF]
, 2021 The paper discusses the organization of the left periphery in Bulgarian and argues that it has a rich articulation guided by the general syntactic principles as established on a wide cross-linguistic basis.
Iliana KRAPOVA
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