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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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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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The nanosyntax of Hungarian postpositions
Nordlyd, 2009 This article considers evidence for a Nanosyntactic approach to language from Hungarian PPs. Hungarian postpositions can be divided into classes: those which take a complement without morphologically visible case (dressed postpositions), and those which take an oblique complement (naked postpositions).
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Comparative Constructions in the L. Indzhievs Writings «Haralta цdrmьd» and «Bolshevikyd
Oriental Studies, 2018 The article is devoted to the analysis of comparative constructions in the Kalmyk language based on stories by L.Indzhiev «Proklyatye dni» and «Bolsheviki».
Nina Mulaeva
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Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesThis paper examines the structural and functional-semantic aspects of specific postpositions in the Nerdvinsky dialect, which belongs to the southern dialect group of the Komi-Perm language.
Alevtina S. Lobanova +1 more
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Nonverbal Clause Constructions
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 2, March/April 2025.ABSTRACT There are about a dozen well‐recognised types of nonverbal clause constructions, but the terminology by which these subtypes are known varies widely. This paper gives an overview of the major types and defines each term carefully, from the perspective of general syntax.
Martin Haspelmath
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A note on Borrowing Constraints: The case of Daman Indo-Portuguese adpositions
Journal of Ibero-Romance CreolesDaman Indo-Portuguese (DamIP) has a unique feature: the adposition junt ‘with’ appears as a postposition with pronominal objects (dil junt ‘with him’) and as a preposition with full NPs (junt de Paulo ‘with Paulo’).
J. Clancy Clements
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On the Postposition of sanı in Kutadgu Bilg
bilig, Journal of Social Sciences of the turkish World, 2014 Öz Medeniyet tarihimizin en önemli eserlerinden bir olan Kutadgu Bilig bugüne kadar birçok çalışmaya konu olsa da zengin bir içeriğe sahip olmasından dolayı bütün özelliklerinin tam olarak ortaya konulduğu söylenemez. Bu bakımdan, gerek kültür tarihi gerekse dil açısından, araştırmacıların dikkatine takılan nitelikleri yapılan yeni çalışmalarla gün ...
TÜRK, Vahit, ÖZALAN, Uluhan
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Comparison in Bambara an infinitival verb phrase
Studies in African Linguistics, 1986 An infinitival verb phrase is generated to express comparison in Bambara. In particular, the comparative verb INFINITIVE MARKER + INTRANSITIVE phrase has the structure: VERB + NP + POSTPOSITION.
Jan Charles-Luce
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