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Bantu word order between discourse and syntactic relations
Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2023 Discourse function has often been noticed to be a strong factor in conditioning Bantu word order. The importance of discourse function for determining the word order of Bantu languages is visible for example in locative inversion and dedicated focus ...
Elisabeth J. Kerr +5 more
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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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The Syntax of Thetic Statements in English
Atlantis, 2020 This article offers a formal approach to thetic statements in English that focuses on the structural mechanisms available in this language to express a reading of this sort.
Ana Ojea
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The locative system in Cuwabo and Makhuwa (P30 Bantu languages)
Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2016 This article presents the locative morphosyntax of Cuwabo and Makhuwa (Bantu, North Mozambique), in a comparative perspective with a sample of other Bantu languages.
Rozenn Guérois
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E-REA, 2013 The aim of this paper is twofold: (a) to re-examine the different types of locative inversion involving prepositional phrases and adverbial particles with a focus on the syntactic rules that make such constructions possible.
Jean ALBRESPIT
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Locative Inversion and Information Coherence
Korean Journal of English Language and Linguistics, 2016 This paper explores Locative Inversion (LI) in English. Following Kim (1998, 2000), we argue that the inverted locative PP is in fact an NP with a null head N. Consequently, we confirm Chomsky’s (1995) suggestion that it is only the nominal feature that enters into a checking relation with the EPP requirement of T.
null Kim, Yunhui, null Jeong-Seok Kim
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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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Locative inversion in Germanic and Romance
, 2021 This chapter investigates locative inversion (LI) in Germanic and Romance, a subject inversion involving a preposed locative expression. LI appears in two primary types: overt LI and covert LI, where a locative reading obtains without a preposed locative.
Sluckin, Benjamin L. +2 more
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Temporal/locative inversion in Arabic [PDF]
Yearbook of the Poznan Linguistic Meeting, 2017 AbstractThis research scrutinizes the observation that when the thematic subject is extracted (i.e. questioned) in Jordanian Arabic, temporal/locative inversion may occur. Temporal inversion occurs irrespective of the verb being transitive or intransitive, whereas locative inversion is limited to contexts with an unaccusative verb. This research argues
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Locative Inversion In Discourse: a strategy of non-commitment
Discours, 2009 In this paper, Locative Inversion (hence LI) is analysed as the linear realization of a predication devoid of speaker’s commitment. First, we show that the syntactic constraints and modal restrictions already debated in the linguistic literature, form a ...
Christine Copy, Lucie Gournay
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