The indigenization of Ghanaian Pidgin English
World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 182-202, March 2024.Abstract In the world Englishes literature, ‘indigenization’ is shorthand for the localization of Outer Circle Englishes in former exploitation colonies like Ghana. However, the localization of Ghanaian English has been continually reversed by ‘corrective’ realignment with world standard English through institutional regimes.
Kofi Yakpo
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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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CONSTITUENT STRUCTURE OF THE URDU PRONOMINAL PHRASES [PDF]
, 2023 The paper discusses an analysis of the constituent structure of Urdu pronominal phrases using the X-bar structure of the Minimalist program. It highlights two main elements: DP (Determiner Phrase) and pronominal clitics.
Dr. Umar-ud-Din, , Muhammad Nadeem Chohan Muhammad Umer Azim,
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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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Persian Learners' Acquisition of Empty Categories in English Null Operator Structures [PDF]
Teaching English Language, 2019 The study investigated the acquisition of empty categories in the English complex infinitival structures. A quasi-experimental design was used in which four groups of Persian learners of English (elementary, lower intermediate, upper intermediate and ...
Vahid Mahmoudi-Gahroue +2 more
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Geminates and Picard Pronominal Clitic Allomorphy
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2005 In this paper, we examine five pronominal clitics in Vimeu Picard with a geminate-consonant allomorph. Assuming a doubly-linked (non-moraic) representation of geminates, we attribute the four different patterns observed to four different underlying structures serving as inputs to an OT constraint ranking.
José, Brian, Auger, Julie
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Subject clitic variation in a northern Italian dialect [PDF]
, 2010 PhDThis study investigates the phenomenon of subject clitic (henceforth, SCl) variation in Ligurian, a variety spoken in the north-west of Italy. Through the examination of empirical data, this work shows that variation can be incorporated in the theory ...
Ciarlo, Chiara
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Pronominal and clitic systems in Taqbaylit Berber. [PDF]
, 2010 This dissertation investigates pronominal and clitic systems in Taqbaylit Berber (Afro-asiatic) from the point of view of their syntactic, semantic and interpretative properties. The thesis's contribution to current research is two-fold. First, a detailed analysis of Taqbaylit as used in spoken discourse is provided along with an exploration of clausal
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Acquisition of L2 French Object Pronouns by Advanced Anglophone Learners
Languages, 2018 The role native language transfer plays in L2 acquisition raises the question of whether L1 constitutes a permanent representational deficit to mastery of the L2 morphosyntax and prosody or if it can eventually be overcome.
Julia Herschensohn, Randall Gess
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