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Towards a semantic typology of specific determiners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper investigates properties of a class of determiners which can be loosely la- belled specific in that their distribution falls in between maximally-quantifying definite determiners and indefinites which only contribute existential quantification.
Simonenko, Alexandra
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Microvariation in object positions: Negative Shift in Scandinavian [PDF]

open access: yesNordic Journal of Linguistics, 2011
In the Scandinavian languages, sentential negation must be licensed in Spec–head relation in the IP-domain, necessitating leftward movement of negative objects, Negative Shift (NegS). While string-vacuous NegS is possible in all Scandinavian varieties, there is a fair amount of cross-linguistic variation in non-string-vacuous NegS.
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Phase Edges, Quantifier Float and the Nature of (Micro-) Variation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper considers quantifier float off wh-elements in varieties of West Ulster English. It establishes that there are several sub-dialects of West Ulster English and not just the single variety described by McCloskey (2000); these varieties differ ...
Henry, Alison
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Microvariation within Differential Object Marking

open access: yes, 2008
It is well known that in certain Romance languages the direct object may be introduced or not by a marker which is homonymous with a corresponding preposition: pe in Romanian, a in Spanish and Sardinian. This phenomenon is known as Differential Object Marking (DOM). The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, we present a detailed description of
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Testing tests on AGN microvariability

open access: yes, 2010
Literature on optical and infrared microvariability in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) reflects a diversity of statistical tests and strategies to detect tiny variations in the lightcurves of these sources. Comparison between the results obtained using different methodologies is difficult, and the pros and cons of each statistical method are often badly ...
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Explorations in Aromanian Morpho-Syntax: NPs, Prepositional Contexts and Infinitives

open access: yesLanguages
The main topic of this article is the relationship between morphosyntactic contexts and nominal inflections in Aromanian varieties of southern Albania.
Leonardo Maria Savoia, Benedetta Baldi
doaj   +1 more source

Re-Emergence of a West Nile Virus (WNV) Variant in South Spain with Rapid Spread Capacity. [PDF]

open access: yesViruses, 2023
Ruiz-López MJ   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Null Subjects in Northeast English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper presents data and analysis relating to null subjects in spoken colloquial English. While English is not a „pro-drop? language (i.e.
Bailey, Laura R.
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Exploring Microvariation in Verb-Movement Parameters within Daco-Romanian and across Daco-Romance

open access: yesLanguages
This article reviews some of the principal patterns of morphosyntactic variation within Daco-Romanian and across Daco-Romance in support of a distinction between low vs high V-movement grammars variously distributed in accordance with diatopic variation (
Ștefania Costea, Adam Ledgeway
doaj   +1 more source

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