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Languages, 2022 Noun–noun concatenations can differ along two parameters. They can be compounds, i.e., single words, or constructs, i.e., constituents, and they can have modificational non-heads or referential non-heads. Of the four logical possibilities, one was argued
Marijke De Belder
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An Investigation into the Incorporation in Persian based on Distributed Morphology [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2020 This study investigates the nature and structure of Persian incorporation within the framework of Distributed Morphology (DM) as a fully synthetic approach that considers morphology as syntax.
Gelareh Nazari +2 more
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What's in a compound? Review article on Lieber and Štekauer (eds) 2009. 'The Oxford Handbook of Compounding' [PDF]
, 2011 The Oxford Handbook of Compounding surveys a variety of theoretical and descriptive issues, presenting overviews of compounding in a number of frameworks and sketches of compounding in a number of languages. Much of the book deals with Germanic noun–noun
ANDREW SPENCER +15 more
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Bound noun plus verb combinations in Mano
Mandenkan, 2017 This paper addresses noun plus verb combinations in Mano, a South Mande language, and suggests novel syntactic and semantic criteria for distinguishing compounds from the free combinations of noun phrases and verbs. Nominal and verbal components of all N+
Maria Khachaturyan
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A note on cognate objects: Cognation as doubling
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2012 This note considers some of the problems raised by so-called “cognate objects” in the light of Hale & Keyser’s (1993, 1997, 1998) analysis of unergative verbs, which involves incorporation of a noun occupying the internal argument position.
Ángel Gallego
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Sledy aktivnoj tipologii v dialektach hantyjskogo jazyka [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2022 The objective of the article is to expose the relicts of active typology the language structure has preserved in the Khanty language. In the verb system a very interesting correlation between actions referring to animate and inanimate things can be ...
O. A. Osipova, A. J. Fil\'tšenko
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Let’s talk emotions: A case study on affective grammar
Glossa, 2019 English speakers have a choice between the forms ‘let’s talk x’ and ‘let’s talk about x’. We argue that the choice is an example of affective domain intersecting with grammar.
Madeline Clark +3 more
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Interaction between Morphology and Syntax in the Language of Science: A Case Study in Noun Incorporation and Phrase Formation [PDF]
̒Ilm-i ZabānThe interface between morphology and syntax has been a disputed issue among linguists. The main goal of this research is to investigate the interface between morphology and syntax and represent the existence of interaction between these two structural ...
Mohammadreza Razavi, Marziyeh Allahyari
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Number-neutral indefinite objects in Brazilian Portuguese as a case of semantic incorporation
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2022 This paper provides empirical evidence for a verb-noun construction in Brazilian Portuguese, which has not yet been analyzed in the linguistic literature.
Albert Wall
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Polysynthetic Tendencies in Modern Greek [PDF]
Linguistik Online, 2008 The aim of this paper is to provide a more accurate typological classification of Modern Greek. The verb in MG shows many polysynthetic traits, such as noun and adverb incorporation into the verbal complex, a large inventory of bound morphemes ...
Charitonidis, Chariton
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