Quantitative modelling and syntactic microvariation
Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico MilaneseThis paper argues that parametric theories should account for statistically significant associations between syntactic variables that are logically and historically independent.
Diego Pescarini
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Microvariation and Microparameters. Some Quantitative Remarks
Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, 2019 This paper deals with the distribution of subject clitics in northern Italian dialects. Building on quantitative data, I argue that the observed microvariation cannot derive (only) from external linguistic factors such as contact, areal diffusion ...
Diego Pescarini
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Analysis of Aspergillus spp. Isolates According to Temporal-Spatial, Sociodemographic, and Clinical Variables-Microsatellite Typing of Clinical and Environmental Samples of Aspergillus fumigatus in a University Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [PDF]
MycosesABSTRACT Background Typing Aspergillus species is crucial for understanding the sources of infection in hospital environments. Objectives This study analysed clinical and air samples as well as their relationship with the clinical forms of aspergillosis.
Fonseca CA +18 more
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Slavic Relative ČTO/CO: between Pronouns and Conjunctions [PDF]
Slovene, 2012 This paper presents the key points concerning Slavic relative constructions with a group of kindred invariable lexemes: Russian что, BCS što, Czech, Polish co, Slovak čo, and their cognates.
Philip R. Minlos
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Magnetocardiography in the Evaluation of Sudden Cardiac Death Risk: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Ann Noninvasive ElectrocardiolSudden cardiac death is responsible for 15%–20% of deaths globally/year, predominantly due to VA caused by vulnerable cardiac substrate. Current risk predictors of SCD based on ECG and LV function parameters have significant limitations. Magnetocardiography offers hope for better risk‐prediction, and we evaluated the evidence base for this technology ...
Lachlan T +6 more
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Microvariation in the resolution of pronominal subjects in Romance: European Portuguese vs. Italian
Isogloss, 2022 The present study investigates how adult native speakers of two null subject Romance languages, European Portuguese (EP) and Italian, interpret null and overt pronominal subjects in intrasentential contexts. Participants were 30 speakers of EP and 30 of
Alexandra Fiéis +2 more
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Number Morphology and Bare Nouns in Some Romance Dialects of Italy
Languages, 2022 This paper explores aspects of microvariation concerning the morphological realization of the feature Number within nominal structures in a selected subset of Romance dialects of Italy.
Cristina Guardiano +2 more
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Isogloss, 2022 Some Romance languages, like Spanish, encode narrow scope indefinite objects without any over determiner (Bare Nouns; como pan ‘I eat bread’), while others, like French, require the insertion of an overt prenominal marker, labeled Partitive Article (PA;
Francesco Pinzin, Cecilia Poletto
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Microvariation in nominal plurality in Northern Masa
Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2022 This paper describes nominal plurality and examines microvariation in the marking of plural on nouns across three closely related Northern Masa languages, namely in Gizey, Masana, and Musey.
Guillaume Guitang +2 more
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Parameters and Language Contact: Morphosyntactic Variation in Dutch Dialects
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2023 The central issue addressed in this paper is the formal linguistic notion of parameter as a predictor for the (non-)occurrence of multiple linguistic phenomena. We start from a parametric analysis of a microvariational data set and we introduce a way of
Jeroen van Craenenbroeck +1 more
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