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Definiteness and determinacy [PDF]
, 2015 This paper distinguishes between definiteness and determinacy. Definiteness is seen as a morphological category which, in English, marks a (weak) uniqueness presupposition, while determinacy consists in denoting an individual.
Beaver, David, Coppock, Elizabeth
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On the distribution of adjectives in Romanian : the cel construction [PDF]
, 2008 This paper deals with the variable position of adjectives in the Romanian DP. As all other Romance languages, Romanian allows for adjectives to appear in both prenominal and post-nominal position.
Alexiadou, Artemis, Marchis, Mihaela
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Adjectives in Heritage Spanish
Isogloss, 2021 Ordering of predicative adjectives within the Noun Phrase varies cross linguistically in systematic ways (Cinque 2010). In Spanish adjectival ordering exhibits more flexibility than in English.
Liliana Sánchez, José Camacho
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Adnominal Possessive Constructions in Narym, Vasjugan and Middle-Ob Dialects of Selkup; pp. 54-64 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2017 The paper presents an analysis of the structural types of the adnominal possessive constructions in three little-studied Southern dialects of Selkup: Narym, Vasjugan and Middle-Ob.
Victoria Vorobeva +3 more
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Basic morphosyntax of verbal and non-verbal clauses in San-Maka
Mandenkan, 2017 This article presents an overview of the basic verbal constructions of San-Maka, an East Mande language of Burkina Faso. The introduction provides general facts on San-Maka: its position in the San / Sane language cluster, basic information on its ...
Elena Perekhvalskaya
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The Indonesian Verbal Suffix –Nya; Nominalization or Subordination? [PDF]
, 2015 The suffix ‑nya is one of the most frequent and polysemic suffixes in Indonesian. It can provide definite determination and topicalization. The “Verb‑nya“, which often appears in a topicalized subject Noun Phrase (NP), is generally labelled as a deverbal
Grangé, P. (Philippe)
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Predicative definite NPIs in Norwegian
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2011 In Norwegian, a weak quantifier or a scalar adjective with a positive value may combine with a definite noun and thereby form an attenuating NPI. These phrases, which I call predicative definite NPIs, are exceptional as nominal phrases, since they do not
Marit Julien
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Function, Semantics And Pragmatics Of Evaluative Adjectives In Fictional Discourse [PDF]
, 2017 We constantly assess other people, objects, phenomena, and events around us. The process of evaluation is based on a set of values pertaining to an individual and on certain norms and traditions of the society.
Nikitochkina, I. (Iryna)
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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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Research in LanguageThis study examines the distribution and characteristics of three linguistic structures across three different semantic types of adjectives in English: opinion-based (evaluative), mixed (dimensional), and non-opinion (objective) adjectives.
Antoni Brosa-Rodríguez
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