Left dislocation in Zulu [PDF]
, 2004 This paper examines left dislocation constructions in Zulu, a Southern Bantu language belonging to the Nguni group (Zone S 40). In Zulu left dislocation configurations, a topic phrase in the beginning of the sentence is linked to a resumptive element ...
Zeller, Jochen
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On the Semantics of Pronominal Clitics and some of its Consequences
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2002 Recent work on the acquisition of the binding conditions suggests that pronominal clitics (PCs) encode the presence of an unsaturated argument position. In other words, PC-constructions encode functional abstraction: the argument position related to the ...
Denis Delfitto
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Theoretical Implications of Object Clitic Omission in Early French : spontaneous vs. Elicited Production [PDF]
, 2006 This article examines the phenomenon of object clitic omission in French. Previous research contains contradictory results depending on the source of the data: it seems that in spontaneous production children prefer DPs while in elicited production they ...
Pirvulescu, Mihaela
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Bolgarski zaimenski nizi s svojilnim pomenom in njihove ustreznice v ruščini
Jezikoslovni zapiski, 2019 Prispevek obravnava bolgarske zaimenske nize, ki imajo svojilni pomen in so sestavljeni iz polnega svojilnega zaimka in naslonke si (npr. moja si, svoja si). Analiza izpostavlja pomensko vlogo naslonke si v omenjenih zgradbah.
Галина Петрова +1 more
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Information structure in linguistic theory and in speech production : validation of a cross-linguistic data set [PDF]
, 2007 The aim of this paper is to validate a dataset collected by means of production experiments which are part of the Questionnaire on Information Structure.
Hellmuth, Sam, Skopeteas, Stavros
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Élargissement de la valence verbale — Les verbes causatifs et semi-causatifs et le problème de la pronominalisation des compléments argumentaux // The widering of the verbal valence — the causative and semi-causative verbs and the problem of argument pronominalization [PDF]
Svět Literatury, 2015 The causative and semi-causative periphrases represent a syntactic context in the framework of which the valence of a predicate is modified. Its redefinition generates new stematics by fusionning two autonomous argumental structures. For each causative
Jiří Jančík
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Is Ts’ixa (Kalahari Khoe) a dialect of Shua?
Studies in African Linguistics, 2023 The endangered language Ts’ixa (Kalahari Khoe), spoken on the eastern fringe of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, is generally assumed to be a member of the Shua dialect cluster.
Anne-Maria Fehn
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A Construction Grammar Approach for Pronominal Clitics in European Portuguese [PDF]
, 2016 Cliticization in European Portuguese (EP) is unique amongst other Romance languages. While preverbal and postverbal placement of clitics is common, it is defined by the finiteness of the verb. In EP, however, the clitic placement does not depend on the verb, but on the context surrounding it.
Santos Marques, Tania Filipa +1 more
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Weak function word shift [PDF]
, 2004 The fact that object shift only affects weak pronouns in mainland Scandinavian is seen as an instance of a more general observation that can be made in all Germanic languages: weak function words tend to avoid the edges of larger prosodic domains.
Vogel, Ralf
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Adapting the Core Language Engine to French and Spanish
, 1996 We describe how substantial domain-independent language-processing systems for French and Spanish were quickly developed by manually adapting an existing English-language system, the SRI Core Language Engine.
Bouillon, Pierrette +2 more
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