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Extraction and Pronoun Preposing in Scandinavian
Languages, 2022 It has been noted that examples with extractions out of relative clauses that have been attested in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are judged to be unacceptable in Icelandic and Faroese. We hypothesize that this may reflect whether or not speakers tend to
Elisabet Engdahl, Filippa Lindahl
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Learning Persian as a Second LanguageBased on Topic Hypothesis [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2019 The Processability Theory (Pienemann, 1998) is a theory that explains the way in which language is produced by the learner. It has extensions one of which is the Topic Hypothesis.
Monire Shahbaz
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Isogloss, 2022 This paper presents a new phase-based theory of verb-second and indeed a new model of the left periphery. I argue that V-to-C movement of the verb to the phase head Fin0 has profound repercussions on clausal syntax which explains well-known differences ...
Espen Klaevik-Pettersen
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“GIVING SOMEONE FREEDOM” IN OLD ICELANDIC IN MINIMALIST SYNTACTIC TERMS [PDF]
Езиков свят, 2023 The present paper discusses the word order alternatives attested with OIce double object constructions of the type gefa einhverjum frelsi ‘give someone freedom’ found in the ONP (https://onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php) within a largely Minimalist syntactic ...
Yana Chankova
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Maxillary tumor in a child: An expected case of difficult airway
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2016 Craniofacial abnormalities in pediatric population fall under the category of expected case of difficult airway. We present here a case of large maxillary tumor in a 9-year-old girl where the relative difficulty was further compounded due to her ...
Reena, A Vikram
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The Processing Cost of Scrambling and Topicalization in Japanese
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 This article presents two reading comprehension experiments, using the sentence correctness decision task, that explore the causes of processing cost of Japanese sentences with SNOMOACCV, STOPOACCV, OACCSNOMV, and OTOPSNOMV word orders.
S. Imamura +2 more
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایرانCritical discourse analysis affects the speakers' comprehension of social, cultural and political issues by uncovering the underlying structures of messages.
Nader Abyar +2 more
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Lidil, 2021 The paper proposes the hypothesis that “non-canonical passives”, namely sentences without agent or cause are closer to middle voice than to passive voice.
Anna Sőrés
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Topicalization in German particle verb constructions: The role of semantic transparency
Linguistische Berichte, 2015 In this paper, we investigate topicalization patterns of German particle verbs by comparing the syntactic behavior of semantically transparent and non-transparent particle verb constructions.
Andreas Trotzke +2 more
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Topics at the left edge of infinitive clauses in Spanish and Catalan
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2016 This paper deals with clitic left dislocation (CLLD) in infinitive clauses (IC) in Spanish and Catalan. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, I provide evidence that CLLDed constituents can target the left edge of ICs, contrary to previous claims in ...
Javier Fernández-Sánchez
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