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The subjunctive alternation in Indian English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 3, Page 439-455, September 2025.
Abstract The study at hand is an exploration of the alternation between the mandative subjunctive and its equivalent modal construction with the verb should in Indian English. The study complements the growing body of research on the morphosyntax of the variety and it enhances our understanding of the relatively under‐researched alternation.
Karola Schmidt
wiley   +1 more source

La articulación retórico-estilística de las perífrasis verbales de infinitivo y gerundio en "Pedro Páramo"

Lexis, 2012
Resumen El tema de las perífrasis verbales es uno de los más complejos y debatidos en la tradición gramatical. Las descripciones propuestas en las gramáticas y estudios dedicados al tema de las perífrasis verbales explican principalmente tres valores ...
Adriana Ávila-Figueroa
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Mood Selection in the Old Northumbrian Gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 2, Page 189-212, July 2025.
Abstract The aim of this article is to examine the use of the subjunctive in the 10th‐century Old Northumbrian gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19. We assess whether there is evidence for a weakening of the indicative/subjunctive opposition, as has been argued for the earlier gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels, which was the work of the same glossator, Aldred of ...
Julia Fernández Cuesta, Christopher Langmuir   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A note on repetition in Spanish: volver a + VInf, re-prefixation, and adverbs of repetition. [PDF]

, 2016
In this paper, we describe the semantics of three types of expressions of repetition that constitute presupposition triggers in Spanish, a verbal periphrasis, adverbs of repetition, and prefixation.
Laca, Brenda
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‘SHALL’ AMBIGUITIES IN EU LEGISLATIVE TEXTS [PDF]

, 2012
Autorka analizuje użycie czasownika modalnego ‘shall’, którego nadużywanie może prowadzić do problemów translacyjnych i interpretacyjnych (Coode 1843, Driedger 1976).
FELICI, Annarita
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TRAPPED BETWEEN CASE AND NUMBER. A TYPOLOGY OF ADNUMERATIVE FORMS†

Studia Linguistica, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 215-257, April 2025.
In this paper, I study the nature of adnumerative or numerative forms; i.e. morphologically dedicated inflectional forms that can only be used with numerals or quantifiers (e.g. Russian dva časá ‘two o'clock’ vs. [gen sg] čása). Adnumeratives are cross‐linguistically very rare; yet they raise some interesting theoretical discussions. This work is based
Kristian Roncero
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Perihrasis and Clitics in Central Romance Languages [PDF]

, 1993
Aquest article analitza el desenvolupament diacrònic i el comportament sintàctic sincrònic de la perífrasi temporal (i. e., els temps compostos) en un nombre de varietats romàniques no estàndard, sintàcticament avançades i geogràficament centrals, amb ...
Benucci, Franco
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Competing modal periphrases in Spanish between the 16th and the 18th centuries: A diachronic variationist approach [PDF]

, 2017
The history of Spanish modal constructions has been widely discussed in the literature, focusing primarily on the semantic differences between the available alternatives.
Albelda, Balasch, Balasch, Beardsley, Blas Arroyo, Blas Arroyo, Blas Arroyo, Brown, Bybee, Croft, Danilova, Eberenz, Fernández de Castro, Garachana Camarero, Garachana Camarero, García Fernández, Givón, Gómez Manzano, Gómez Torrego, Hernández Díaz, José Luis Blas Arroyo, Kim Schulte, Koch, Labov, Labov, Langacker, Lapesa, López Izquierdo, Martínez Díaz, Martínez Díaz, NGRALE (Real Academia Española y Asociación de Academias de la Lengua), Oesterreicher, Oesterreicher, Poplack, Poplack, Schmid, Seifert, Sinner, Stengaard, Stoll, Stoll, Tagliamonte, Walker, Yllera   +43 more
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Mixed‐Effects Modeling with a Multinomial Dependent Variable

Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 212-249, March 2025.
Abstract In this Methods Showcase Article, we illustrate mixed‐effects modeling with a multinomial dependent variable as a means of explaining complexities in language. We model data on future‐time reference in second language Spanish, which consists of a nominal dependent variable that has three levels, measured over 73 participants.
Aarnes Gudmestad, Thomas A. Metzger
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration of the mandative subjunctive in Pakistani English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 202-217, March-June 2025.
Abstract The study at hand explores the alternation between the mandative subjunctive and its equivalent construction with the modal verb should in Pakistani English. The study enhances understanding of the alternation both by focusing on Pakistani English as a relatively under‐researched postcolonial variety of English and by complementing the ...
Karola Schmidt, Nina Funke
wiley   +1 more source