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From ergativus absolutus to topic marking in Kiranti : a typological perspective [PDF]
In many languages, clauses can be subordinated by means of case markers. For Bodic languages, a branch of Sino-Tibetan, Genetti (1986) has shown that the meaning of case markers on clauses is in most instances a natural extension of their function on ...
Bickel, Balthasar
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Perisylvian Functional Connectivity during Processing of Sentential Negation [PDF]
Every language has the means to reverse the truth value of a sentence by using specific linguistic markers of negation. In the present study we investigated the neural processing costs afforded by the construction of meaning in German sentences ...
Jörg eBahlmann +4 more
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Corporate Venture Clienting: A Governance Perspective Through the Lens of Stewardship Theory
ABSTRACT Corporate venture clienting (CV Clienting) has emerged as a distinct form of corporate venturing (CV) in which corporations engage with startups by adopting their innovative solutions without acquiring equity stakes. Unlike traditional corporate venture capital (CV Capital), which served as the dominant CV approach, CV Clienting structures ...
Francesca Capella +4 more
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Improving parsing by incorporating "prosodic clause boundaries" into a grammar [PDF]
In written language, punctuation is used to separate main and subordinate clause. In spoken language, ambiguities arise due to missing punctuation, but clause boundaries are often marked prosodically and can be used instead.
Bakenecker, G. +5 more
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ABSTRACT This paper explores the limits of mission‐directed entrepreneurial states by drawing on the theory of recombinant innovation and F.A. Hayek's insights on the spontaneous growth of knowledge in society. First, the use of discretionary policymaking curtails the range of knowledge generated in the process of social interaction, limiting the scope
Bryan Cheang, Praharsh Mehrotra
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Clause-linkage, Embeddedness, and Nominalizations in Chácobo (Pano)
As with all Pano languages, Chácobo links clauses together through an elaborate system of switch reference clauses. This paper provides a detailed description of switch reference and clause linkage in Chácobo (Pano) from a typological perspective.
Adam James Ross Tallman
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Relative and Conditional Clause Constructions in Ìyàgbà Dialect
Relative Clause has been discussed as a subordinate clause used to qualify a noun. It narrows down the meaning of the noun it qualifies. A relative clause marker tí is inserted to accomplish the noun qualified having coded in the sentence initially in ...
Akintoye Oluwole Samuel
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The aim of this paper is to find out linguistic factors which explain the variation between Subordinate Clause and Infinitive with manipulative verbs: negative verbs (impedio, prohibeo, deterreo) and positive ones (cogo, iubeo).
M. Esperanza Torrego
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Structural variation in Old English root clauses [PDF]
A standard observation concerning basic constituent order in Old English (OE) is that the position of finite verbs varies by clause type. In root clauses, the finite verb tends to occur toward the beginning of the clause, and we frequently find Verb ...
Haeberli, Eric, Pintzuk, Susan
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The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England
This article considers how the term ‘thegn’ was used in tenth‐ and eleventh‐century England. Although commonly thought to indicate members of a face‐to‐face service aristocracy with specific attributes, it has resisted close definition. Examination of references to anonymous thegns in administrative and legal texts suggests that the people meant were ...
Richard Purkiss
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