Stilistic And Syntactic Variation Of German Prepositions
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014 This work is devoted to the stylistic and syntactic variation of prepositions per and via in the publicistic style of modern German language. The similarity of German prepositions with the units of significant vocabulary in the aspect of variation is ...
Elvira L. Shubina
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Elicited imitation as a window into developmental stages [PDF]
, 2019 In the second language acquisition literature, data of naturally occurring language use are considered the most ideal data to make statements about second-language (L2) development.
Baten, Kristof, Cornillie, Frederik
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Copula in Latin: on a Textual Problem in Cicero's Oration in Defence of Publius Sestius [PDF]
, 2007 A textual problem from Cicero's oration In defence of Publius Sestius is discussed in order to determine syntactic and semantic consequences of editorial choices.
Jakielaszek, Jarosław
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Ditransitive verbs and the ditransitive construction: a diachronic perspective [PDF]
, 2011 This paper argues for the adoption of a construction-based perspective to the investigation of diachronic shifts in valency, which is a hitherto largely neglected topic in the framework of valency grammar. On the basis of a comparison of the set of verbs
Colleman, Timothy
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Grammaticalization as one of the main language system evolution consistent patterns [PDF]
, 2014 The article deals with the grammaticalization as a language system pattern which enriches not only morphology but also vocabulary. Grammaticalization theory development has been described. Special attention was paid to its basic principles and mechanisms.
Baghana, J. +3 more
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Bodily injuries and dative experiencers in Old Frisian [PDF]
, 2019 This article offers a descriptive account of body part constructions in Old East Frisian texts and analyzes the occurrence of dative experiencers in such clauses.
Bruno, Laura, Kerkhof, Peter Alexander
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Between the historical languages and the reconstructed language : an alternative approach to the Gerundive + “Dative of Agent” construction in Indo-European [PDF]
, 2017 It is argued by Hettrich (1990) that the “dative of agent” construction in the Indo-European languages most likely continues a construction inherited from Proto-Indo-European.
Barddal, Johanna +2 more
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The acquisition of the English dative alternation by Russian foreign language learners [PDF]
, 2014 Ditransitive verbs include a “recipient” and a “theme” argument (in addition to the subject). The choice of putting one argument before the other (i.e., either recipient-theme, or theme-recipient) is associated with multiple discourse-pragmatic factors ...
Baten, Kristof +2 more
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Distribution of Word Classes in Old English and Old High German: A Preliminary Contrastive Study Based on The Battle of Maldon, Hildebrandslied and Ludwigslied [PDF]
, 2007 This paper presents an example of a historical study based on comparable corpora. It aims to analyse and compare the distribution of different parts of speech in Old English and Old High German, thus providing a quantitative basis for further conclusions
Kamińska, Anna
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From simple predicators to clausal functors : The english modals through time and the primitives of modality [PDF]
, 2013 The ultimate goal of this paper is to find a representation of modality compatible with some basic conditions on the syntax-semantic interface. Such conditions are anchored, for instance, in Chomsky's (1995) principle of full interpretation (FI ...
Gergel, Remus
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