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Clause structure, pro-drop and control in Wolof
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2019 This paper provides a formal description of the syntactic analysis of core constructions of Wolof clausal/verbal morphosyntax within the Lexical-Functional Grammar formalism. This includes the basic phrase structure, pro-drop, and control relations. The
Cheikh Bamba Dione
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Early subjects in child Romanian: A case study [PDF]
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2018 This paper documents the use of early subjects in one longitudinal corpus of monolingual Romanian. The focus is on the null/overt and preverbal/postverbal subject alternation, as well as on pragmatic adequacy.
Otilia Teodorescu
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Subject clitics in nominal copular sentences: some insight from a North Eastern variety of Italian
Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, 2021 In this paper we describe the distribution of subject clitics in nominal copular constructions in the Veneto variety of Este (Padova province). In nominal copular sentences in a pro-drop language like Italian, the copula always agrees with the subject of
Linda Badan, Paolo Lorusso
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IsoglossIn Gradient Harmonic Grammar (Smolensky & Goldrick 2016), syntactic strength is considered an inherent property of linguistic items. In this paper, I propose that syntactic strength plays a crucial role in pro-drop and in other phenomena that have often ...
Irene Amato
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What the EPP and comp-trace effects have in common: Constraining silent elements at the edge
Glossa, 2018 We focus here on the “classic” EPP, the requirement that certain subject positions be filled, and argue that characterizing it in terms of a syntactic movement-triggering feature is misguided. Specifically, we argue that, contrary to standard assumptions
Sandhya Sundaresan, Thomas McFadden
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O Traço da Língua Materna na Interlíngua de Aprendizes de Inglês como Língua Estrangeira
Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2004 Neste artigo, ressaltamos que a língua materna, de forma inevitável, deixa traços na interlíngua de aprendizes de idiomas estrangeiros. Baseamo-nos na observação de uma dificuldade de aprendizagem de estudantes brasileiros de inglês, à luz dos ...
Adja Balbino de Amorin Barbieri Durão +1 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann +8 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric intramedullary low‐grade gliomas (PIMLGGs) are rare neoplasms that present unique clinical and management challenges. Although surgery remains the primary tool for tissue diagnosis and decompression, complete gross‐total resection is frequently unfeasible due to the infiltrative nature of these lesions.
Olga M. Sergeenko +5 more
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On Tense, agreement, and the syntax of null and overt subjects
IsoglossIn this paper I argue that the position and realization of subjects in adverbial non-finite clauses in Italian, Spanish, Galician, and European Portuguese can provide valuable insight into the licensing conditions for pro and postverbal subjects in ...
Gerardo Fernández-Salgueiro
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Referential Subject and Object Gaps in Modern Icelandic
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2004 This paper investigates the nature of subject and object gaps in coordinate structures in Modern Icelandic. Modern Icelandic is considered to be a semi-pro-drop language, since it generally licenses only generic null subjects; object gaps only occur in ...
Marianne Pouplier
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