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A cross-linguistic rarity in synchrony and diachrony [PDF]

STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 2018
AbstractThis article shows that a hitherto unattested construction type – namely, adverbial subordinator prefixes – is in fact attested in several languages. While Dryer’s 659-language convenience sample does not turn up any clear example of such a construction, we argue that this is in part due to arbitrary coding choices that a priori exclude ...
Grossman, Eitan, Antonov, Anton, Jacques, Guillaume   +2 more
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On the notion of the subordinate clause in German linguistics

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2022
In traditional linguistic research on German syntax the term “subordinate clause” is defined on the basis of its two distinguishing features, namely its syntactic-functional integration into the matrix, as well as its formal exponents (the presence of introductory elements and the placement of the finite verb at the end of the clause).
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Language Standardization & Linguistic Subordination

Daedalus, 2023
Abstract Language standardization involves minimizing variation, especially in written forms of language. That process includes judgments about people who don‘t or can‘t use the standard forms. These kinds of judgments can unfairly limit people's access to opportunities, including in educational and professional realms. In this essay, we
Anne Curzan, Robin M. Queen, Kristin VanEyk, Rachel Elizabeth Weissler   +3 more
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The development of subordinate clauses in German and Swedish as L2s: a theoretical and methodological comparison [PDF]

, 2014
In this article, we aim to contribute to the debate about the use of subordination as a measure of language proficiency. We compare two theories of SLA—specifically, processability theory (PT; Pienemann, 1998) and dynamic systems theory (de Bot, Lowie, &
Baten, Kristof, Håkansson, Gisela
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Metalinguistic Knowledge and Language Ability in University-Level L2 Learners [PDF]

, 2007
Existing research indicates that instructed learners' L2 proficiency and their metalinguistic knowledge are moderately correlated. However, the operationalization of the construct of metalinguistic knowledge has varied somewhat across studies ...
Alderson, Anderson, Anderson, Bachman, Bialystok, Bialystok, Butler, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Clapham, Collentine, Colman, de Bot, DeKeyser, DeKeyser, Dirven, Dreyer, Durrell, Durrell, Dörnyei, Dörnyei, Elder, Elder, Ellis, Ellis, Ellis, Ellis, Ellis, Erlam, Field, Green, Hatch, Hu, Hulstijn, Karen Roehr, Klapper, Macaro, McDonough, Nagata, O’Malley, Pallant, Paradis, Ranta, Renou, Robinson, Robinson, Robinson, Sawyer, Skehan, Skehan, Skehan, Skehan, Sorace, Swan, Taylor, Westney   +57 more
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Searching for insubordination: An analysis of ləbo in Lamaholot [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper, we present a description and analysis of ləbo ‘although’ in Lamaholot of eastern Indonesia, which is a subordinating conjunction that expresses a concessive relation between main and subordinate clauses.
Nagaya, Naonori
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Measuring Syntactic Complexity in Spoken and Written Learner Language: Comparing the Incomparable? [PDF]

, 2014
Spoken and written language are two modes of language. When learners aim at higher skill levels, the expected outcome of successful second language learning is usually to become a fluent speaker and writer who can produce accurate and complex language in
Bardovi, Bardovi, Baron, Baron, Beaman, Beaman, Bergman, Bergman, Bourdin, Bourdin, Brown, Brown, Bulté, Bulté, Cambridge, Cambridge, Cleland, Cleland, Conrad, Conrad, Ellis, Ellis, Ellis, Ellis, Foster, Foster, Gaies, Gaies, Gilabert, Gilabert, Halleck, Halleck, Halliday, Halliday, Halliday, Halliday, Housen, Housen, Housen, Housen, Housen, Housen, Hunt, Hunt, Ishikawa, Ishikawa, Ishikawa, Ishikawa, Iwashita, Iwashita, Kuiken, Kuiken, Larsen, Larsen, Larsen, Larsen, Larson, Larson, Leech, Leech, Mari Mäkilä, Norris, Norris, Norwood, Norwood, Ortega, Ortega, Ortega, Ortega, Pallotti, Pallotti, Pekka Lintunen, Pica, Pica, Pietilä, Pietilä, Robinson, Robinson, Robinson, Robinson, Scarborough, Scarborough, Sharma, Sharma, Silva, Silva, Silva, Silva, Skehan, Skehan, Skehan, Skehan, Storch, Storch, Szmrecsányi, Szmrecsányi, Tanskanen, Tanskanen, Tavakoli, Tavakoli, Tonkyn, Tonkyn, Towell, Towell, Vyatkina, Vyatkina, Wolfe, Wolfe, Zhang, Zhang   +109 more
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Erasmus students using English as a "lingua franca": does study abroad in a non-English-speaking country improve L2 English? [PDF]

, 2016
There is a lack of research on the impact of study abroad (SA) on the development of L2 English when students study in non-anglophone countries. The aim of the present study is to fill this gap by examining 39 Catalan/Spanish students who, as part of an ...
Arnó Macià, Elisabet, Llanes, Angels, Mancho Bares, Guzman   +2 more
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Refusing to Endorse. A must Explanation for Pejoratives. [PDF]

, 2018
In her analysis of pejoratives, Eva Picardi rejects a too sharp separation between descriptive and expressive content. I reconstruct some of her arguments, endorsing Eva’s criticism of Williamson’s analysis of Dummett and developing a suggestion by ...
B Cepollaro, C Hom, C Hom, C Hom, E Picardi, G Frege, I Maitra, K Bach, M Dummett, M Kissine, M Sainsbury, MK McGowan, MK McGowan, P Schlenker   +13 more
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Inferentials in spoken English [PDF]

, 2011
Although there is a growing body of research on inferential sentences (Declerck 1992, Delahunty 1990, 1995, 2001, Koops 2007, Pusch 2006), most of this research has been on their forms and functions in written discourse.
Calude, Andreea S., Delahunty, Gerald P.
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