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A Unified Analysis for Subject Topics in Brazilian Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2014 In this paper we discuss the phenomenon of subject topics, consisting of the movement of either a genitive or a locative constituent into subject position in Brazilian Portuguese.
Aroldo Leal de Andrade, Charlotte Galves
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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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The syntax of manner quotative constructions in English and Dutch [PDF]
, 2012 This paper proposes an account of some properties of the manner quotative constructions be like [Quote] in English and hebben (zo)iets van [Quote] in Dutch. We make two main claims about these constructions.
Haddican, William, Zweig, Eytan
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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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Énoncés capacitifs et constructions à sujet locatif : quel alignement syntaxe-sémantique ?
Anglophonia, 2023 The present paper focuses on two constructions – capacitive (e.g. The main dining room seats 65) and setting-subject (e.g. The reign of Charles II saw the end of the great Forest courts) constructions – which are comparable in more than one way.
Christelle Lacassain, Caroline Marty
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A discourse-based account of Spanish ser/estar [PDF]
, 2005 The study offers a discourse-based account of the Spanish copula forms ser and estar, which are generally considered to be lexical exponents of the stage-level/individual-level contrast.
Maienborn, Claudia
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In defence of the Discourse Intention feature
IsoglossThis paper investigates sentence-focus VS structures in Spanish and Catalan. It is generally assumed that, in Romance languages, a covert element occupies the canonical preverbal position, preventing the subject from moving there.
Núria Barrios Jurado
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Modern Greek Constructions with Position Verb κάθομαι
Научный диалог, 2023 The article analyzes the functioning of the Modern Greek verb κάθομαι ‘to sit’ in relation to its lexical and syntactic environment. The study is motivated by the under-researched system of position verbs in Modern Greek and their grammaticalization ...
E. S. Onufrieva
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács +8 more
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Patterns of variation in existential constructions
Isogloss, 2015 The main goal of the present paper is twofold: on the one hand, to highlight the patterns of variation among the existential constructions found in Italo-Romance and Sardinian dialects; on the other, to examine the observed microvariation in a ...
Silvio Cruschina
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