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Zur praxisorientierten DaF-Didaktik der Dependenzstrukturen im Funktionsverbgefüge (FVG)
The aim of the article is to describe the categorical components of collocations in the German language, which arise between the reduced meaning of a predicate and a noun or a prepositional phrase.
Sebastian Dusza
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Interaction and Grammar: Predicative Adjective Constructions in English Conversation
This article studies the function of Copular Predicate Constructions in everyday English conversation. We compare predicate adjective constructions (PA) and constructions with a predicate nominal containing an adjective (PAN).
Joan Bybee, Sandra A. Thompson
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Noun classification from predicate-argument structures [PDF]
A method of determining the similarity of nouns on the basis of a metric derived from the distribution of subject, verb and object in a large text corpus is described. The resulting quasi-semantic classification of nouns demonstrates the plausibility of the distributional hypothesis, and has potential application to a variety of tasks, including ...
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Albańskie odczasownikowe derywaty przymiotnikowe
Albanian adjective derivatives derived from verbs The aim of this article is the analysis of the Albanian adjective derivatives which are derived from verbs. The main assumption made by the author is the existence of structural isomorphism (parallelism
Artur Karasiński
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Subject-verb Agreement in Constructions with Quantifiers in Russian
The agreement of subject and predicate in Russian is actually much less trivial than it might seem at first glance. This paper deals with the case when the subject is realized by a combination of a noun with a quantifier. I analyze a set of examples with
Anna Aksenova
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Raising is defined in the literature as the codification of the noun phrase (NP) argument of the predicate attached to the edge of a predicate matrix, with which it contracts morphosyntactic relationships; thus, the semantic relationships of NP ...
Gustavo Silva Andrade
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Валентность и изоморфизм
(Valency and isomorphism)
Valency relations in a paraphrase should match those of the source expres- sion. This kind of isomorphism is investigated in the present article. In the passive sentence The plant was visited by Putin the relation between Putin and plant is the same as ...
Lennart Lönngren
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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Abstract This study investigates internal linguistic variation in the instructional discourse of international teaching assistants (ITAs) by segmenting their mini‐lecture performances into four discourse types: introduction, lecture, conclusion, and audience interaction.
Heesun Chang, Hector Rivera
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Semantic and Structural Characteristics of Impersonal Sentences with Introductory “it”
The article aims to reveal the nature of sentences with introductory it where the predicative is expressed by an adjective (it is…). The introductory it is followed by a compound nominal predicate with a predicative expressed by an adjective while the ...
Anahit Hovhannisian
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