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Some Remarks on There- and Locative Inversion Constructions
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Some remarks on "locative inversion" in English
Some remarks on "locative inversion" in Englishopenaire
Synchronic and Diachronic Aspects of Locative Inversion and Negative Inversion in English
Synchronic and Diachronic Aspects of Locative Inversion and Negative Inversion in Englishopenaire
The syntax of locative inversion: The preverbal locative NP in lexical functional grammar
Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research, 2007 Locative inversion construction in Setswana, as in other Bantu languages, defies straightforward analysis in the sense that the preverbal locative NP does not pass the subject hood test, while the post-verbal NP shows features atypical of objects. In the literature in locative inversion constructions, there is a predominant tendency to analyse the ...
Morapedi, S, S Morapedi
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Locative Inversion in Mandarin Chinese
Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, 1993 Locative inversion is a common linguistic phenomenon that has been studied by linguists of various theoretical backgrounds (see, among others, Bresnan 1990, Demuth 1990, Hoekstra and Mulder 1990, and Rochemont and Culicover 1990). This paper is an attempt to analyse such a phenomenon in Mandarin Chinese within the framework of Government and Binding ...
Yanfeng Qu
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Locative inversion in English: An empirical approach
, 2009 Holler, S. (2009). Locative inversion in English: An empirical approach. (Thesis. SBE).
Holler, S.
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Motivating non-canonicality in Construction Grammar: The case of locative inversion
Cognitive Linguistics, 2011 This article discusses the English construction variously known as Locative Inversion or Stylistic Inversion. It shows that the construction displays a unique ensemble of grammatical and usage properties that can be stated but not motivated through ...
Gert Webelhuth
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Tswana locatives and their status in the inversion construction
Africana Linguistica, 2011Several articles published in the last decade have demonstrated that, in several Sotho-Tswana (S30) and Nguni (S40) languages, locative marking has ceased to be integrated into the noun class system, and preverbal locatives in inversion constructions do not show evidence of being grammatical subjects.
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Abstract In the previous chapters I have crucially utilized the notion equidistance under the theory of Attract proposed by Chomsky (1995a). Under this theory, the local and strictly stepwise economy condition (Collins 1996 and Ura 1995c) guarantees that the application of Attract to α is as economical as the application of Attract to β ...
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Abstract In the previous chapters I have crucially utilized the notion equidistance under the theory of Attract proposed by Chomsky (1995a). Under this theory, the local and strictly stepwise economy condition (Collins 1996 and Ura 1995c) guarantees that the application of Attract to α is as economical as the application of Attract to β ...
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The Interaction of Th/Ex and Locative Inversion
Linguistic Inquiry, 2006THE INTERACTION OF TH/EX AND LOCATIVE INVERSION Milan Rezac University of the Basque Country and Laboratoire de Linguistique de Nantes/Naoned In English expletive constructions involving passive participles, the (highest) object surfaces in the pre-participial position (lb), rather than in the post-participial one expected from active constructions ...
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