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Locative Inversion in Vietnamese
LanguagesThis paper has four primary objectives. First, we examine two Vietnamese constructions—the locative and existential constructions—in which a locative phrase appears clause-initially, preceding a verb-DP sequence.
Trần Phan, Chao-Ting Tim Chou
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The origin of the ie endingless locative
Linguistica, 1979 In this paper is presented a new hypothesis regarding the development of the so-called "endingless locative" construction of Indo-European. It is argued that locative formations in -ē, and * ī came to appear in the , o-stem nouns through the ...
Kenneth Shields
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The retreat from locative overgeneralisation errors: a novel verb grammaticality judgment study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Whilst some locative verbs alternate between the ground- and figure-locative constructions (e.g. Lisa sprayed the flowers with water/Lisa sprayed water onto the flowers), others are restricted to one construction or the other (e.g.
Amy Bidgood +3 more
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Existential and locative constructions in Mandarin Chinese [PDF]
The Linguistic Review, 2020 AbstractDespite previous studies (cf. among others Huang 1987. Existential sentences in Chinese and (in)definiteness. In Eric J. Reuland & Alice G.B. Ter Meulen (eds.),The representation of (In)definiteness, 226–253. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; Li, Yen-Hui Audrey. 1990.Order and constituency in Mandarin Chinese.
Paul, Waltraud +2 more
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The Construction of Locative Situations: the Production of Agency in Locative Media Art Practice
, 2012 This thesis is a practice led enquiry into Locative Media (LM) which argues that this emergent art practice has played an influential role in the shaping of locative technologies in their progression from new to everyday technologies. The research traces LM to its origins at the Karosta workshops, reviews the stated objectives of early practitioners ...
McGarrigle, Conor
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Locative Inversion in Old English Embedded Clauses [PDF]
LanguagesA grammatical construction resembling Present-Day English locative inversion has already been found in Old English, with a fronted prepositional phrase prompting V2 word order, both in main and subordinate clauses.
Sergio López-Martínez
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Some notes on temporal adverbials in Old Russian: the case of лѣто ‘year’ in Suzdal’skaja letopis’
Poljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies, 2012 This article offers a small analysis of temporal adverbials with ‘year' in Suzdal'skaja letopis'. These data in comparison with data from Ipat'evskaja letopis' indicate that въ + locative (the construction that prevails with ‘year' in Contemporary ...
Tore Nesset
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Signo y Seña, 2017 This paper deals with the use of two spatial adverbial constructions in Spanish: locative adverb + possessive pronoun (as in “delante suyo”), that alternates with the normative form locative adverb + [preposition de + personal pronoun] (as in “delante de
Matti Marttinen Larsson +1 more
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Inesyvo ir adesyvo formų kilmės ir raidos klausimu
Baltistica, 2011 ON THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF INESSIVE AND ADESSIVE FORMSSummaryOn the basis of the data collected from Lithuanian old manuscripts and the method of internal reconstruction the article presents a new interpretation of the origin and evolution of ...
Albertas Rosinas
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Vietininkiniai būdvardžiai – archajinė senųjų raštų posesyvumo raiškos priemonė
Baltistica, 2011 LOCATIVE ADJECTIVES – A SPECIFIC ARCHAIC FORM EXPRESSING POSSESSION IN OLD LITHUANIAN WRITINGSSummaryThe paper deals with a construction expressing possession encountered in Old Lithuanian writings.
Bronius Maskuliūnas
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