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Three Nganasan-Evenki/Dolgan Morphosyntactic Parallels and Their Implications; pp. 258-277 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2015 The following study discusses three morphosyntactic features of Nganasan, the negative verb ânot wantâ, the distribution of the copula in predicative noun/adjective constructions, and the grammaticalization of a directional postposition into an ...
Florian Siegl
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How do Chinese L1 learners express Estonian static spatial relations?
Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2023 The aim of this research was to find out how differences in Chinese and Estonian spatial language influence the way Chinese L1 speakers acquire the Estonian system of expressing static spatial relations.
Agu Bleive
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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 +1 more
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Syllable-level Neural Language Model for Agglutinative Language
, 2017 Language models for agglutinative languages have always been hindered in past due to myriad of agglutinations possible to any given word through various affixes.
Kim, Jihie +3 more
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Conjoined Comparison and Variation in Degree Semantics
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 4, July/August 2025.ABSTRACT Conjoined comparisons, consisting of two clauses containing antonymous or positive‐negative predicate pairs, are among the most common comparison construction types in the world's languages. As research on degree constructions from a cross‐linguistic perspective has increased, so too has the number of studies focused on conjoined comparisons ...
M. Ryan Bochnak
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Investigating Three Morphemes “-ænæ”, “-æwæ” and “-æɾæ” in Hawrami: Postposition or Case Marker [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2015 In this paper we have investigated three frequent morphemes in Hawrami of Paveh, namely, “-ænæ”, “-æwæ” and “-æɾæ”. The nature of these morphemes is unknown. They are attached to nouns with a meaning like that of adpositions. We aim to explore what these
Fateme Yousefirad +1 more
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Comitative and Terminative in Votic and Lower Luga Ingrian; pp. 241-257 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2014 The paper addresses the status of the comitative and terminative in contemporary Votic and Lower Luga Ingrian. In published sources on Votic, both markers were qualified in the same way: either as case markers or as postpositions.
Elena Markus, Fedor Rozhanskiy
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The syntactic processing of particles in Japanese spoken language [PDF]
, 1999 Particles fullfill several distinct central roles in the Japanese language. They can mark arguments as well as adjuncts, can be functional or have semantic funtions. There is, however, no straightforward matching from particles to functions, as, e.g., GA
Siegel, Melanie
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Low tone spreading in Buli [PDF]
, 2003 In Buli, tone indicates lexical information as well as grammatical information. The changing of tone patterns regularly observed on lexemes is covered best by an autosegmental approach with autonomous tonal and segmental tiers.
Schwarz, Anne
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Syntactic and phraseological complexity in Chinese as a second language adapted teaching materials
The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 2, Page 326-343, Summer 2025.Graphical abstract: Abstract The adjustment of syntactic and phraseological complexity is a key consideration in text adaptation. However, research on this topic in the context of Chinese as a second language (CSL) remains limited. Using 700 CSL reading texts graded following the newly issued Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International ...
Jifeng Wu +4 more
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