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On the analysis of non-selected datives in Maltese [PDF]
, 2012 This paper provides a descriptive overview of extra-argumental or non-selected datives in Maltese, poorly described in existing grammars. We outline an LFG approach to the facts we describe building on existing LFG work and in particular on Kibort (2008)?
Camilleri, M, Sadler, L
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 103-131, March 2026.Abstract The current study investigated from a usage‐based perspective how phrasal frequency and collocational strength of verb–preposition collocations influence preposition placement in wh‐relative clauses. Native English speakers and Chinese learners of English as a second language of the intermediate and advanced English proficiencies completed a ...
Henan Duan (she/her) +2 more
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Phonological allomorphy in Swahili on the form of inanimate pronominal clitics
Studies in African Linguistics, 1987 Swahili has two forms of inanimate pronominal clitics. One, like the relative pronouns, typically ends with /o/ and the other, like the subject agreement affixes, are never /o/ final.
Camillia N. Barrett-Keach
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Cinque's functional verbs in French [PDF]
, 2007 This article focuses on the syntax of a number of subcategories of verb in French which are compatible with a following bare infinitive and which express various kinds of grammatical tense, mood, modality, aspect and voice, as well as such (more lexical?
Rowlett, P
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Sentence-level pronominal subjects in Romanian
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2009 The current paper aims at investigating the interpretive differences between null and overt pronominal subjects in Romanian in intra-sentential environments. In order to do this, we make use of Reinhart’s (1983, 1997, 1999, 2000) pronoun resolution strategies, namely semantic variable binding and pragmatic covaluation. More specifically, we hypothesize
Florina Pagurschi, Alina Tigău
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 56-69, February 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how Taiwanese members of parliament (MPs) deploy self‐referring expressions—specifically, the formal first‐person singular běnxí—to negotiate their institutional standing and project political power. By operationalizing access to objective power using the margin of victory (MoV) as one possible proxy, the research shows ...
Tsung‐Lun Alan Wan
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Comparing linguistic judgments and corpus frequencies as windows on grammatical competence: A study of argument linearization in German clauses [PDF]
, 2008 We present an overview of several corpus studies we carried out into the frequencies of argument NP orderings in the midfield of subordinate and main clauses of German.
Harbusch, K., Kempen, G.
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Psychophysiology, Volume 63, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT The ERP components P3 and P600 have been proposed to reflect phasic activity of the locus coeruleus norepinephrine (LC/NE) system in response to deviant and task‐relevant stimuli across cognitive domains. However, causal evidence for this link remains limited. Here, we used continuous transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), a
Friederike Contier +3 more
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African Lambdas I: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Nominal Domain
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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Towards a typological classification of modern greek [PDF]
, 2007 In the area of the Modern Greek verb, phenomena which consistently appear are headmarking, many potential slots before and/or after the verb root, noun and adverb incorporation, addition of adverbial elements by means of affixes, a large inventory of ...
Charitonidis, Chariton
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