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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 In serial verb constructions (SVCs), multiple independent lexical verbs are combined in a mono-clausal construction. SVCs express a range of grammatical meanings and are attested in numerous spoken languages all around the world.
Sascha Couvee, Roland Pfau
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Languages, 2023 This article proposes a new description of Cantonese causative–resultative constructions (CRCs), constructions with two verbal elements relevant to the cause and the effect of an event respectively.
Ryan Ka Yau Lai, Michelle Man-Long Pang
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Similarity in linguistic categorization: The importance of necessary properties [PDF]
, 2012 Usage-based models of language propose that the acceptability of an element in a constructional slot is determined by its similarity to attested fillers of that slot (Bybee 2010, ch. 4).
Kalyan, Siva
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The silent argument of broad focus: Typology and predictions
Glossa, 2018 It is a commonly held view that, in the absence of an overt locative or temporal phrase, broad focus subject inversion in Romance requires a null locative in preverbal position, thus being comparable to locative inversion (Benincà 1988 and subsequent ...
Delia Bentley, Silvio Cruschina
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Lexicography of the Verb and Cognitive Linguistics: A case study of Afshandan [PDF]
زبان پژوهی, 2019 The work of a linguist and a lexicographer in the field of lexical semantics has the largest common border. In the process of lexicography, a lexicographer faces one of the main issues in lexical semantics: polysemy.
Tina Ghanbarian
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Semantic and pragmatic motivations for constructional preferences: a corpus-based study of provide, supply, and present [PDF]
, 2011 A select group of transfer verbs can enter into four different constructions: the ditransitive construction (He provided John the money), the prepositional-dative construction (He provided the money to John), a construction with a prepositional theme (He
De Clerck, Bernard +2 more
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Prantsuse modaalverbi devoir temporaalse kasutuse tõlkimisest eesti keelde
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 Kokkuvõte. Artiklis vaadeldakse prantsuse keeles grammatiseerunud konstruktsiooni (modaalverb devoir imparfait ajavormis + põhiverbi infinitiiv, enamasti koos ajamäärusega) tõlkimise võimalusi eesti keelde, kus võrreldav modaalverbi kasutav ...
Marri Amon
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Building complex events: the case of Sicilian Doubly Inflected Construction [PDF]
, 2019 We examine the Doubly Inflected Construction of Sicilian (DIC; Cardinaletti and Giusti 2001, 2003, Cruschina 2013), in which a motion verb V1 from a restricted set is followed by an event verb V2 and both verbs are inflected for the same person and tense
Del Prete, Fabio, Todaro, Giuseppina
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Analyse de la composante sémantique lexicale de l’inversion locative en anglais
E-REA, 2013 This article examines the noncanonical structure known as the locative inversion, which can be described as : < Constituent1 C1 (fronted locative expression) + verb V + Constituent2 C2 (postposed subject) >.
Gérard MÉLIS
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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