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Un uso escasamente documentado de 'haber de + infinitivo' en la historia del español

Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
Haber de + infinitivo se considera tradicionalmente una perífrasis modal de necesidad deóntica, obligación atenuada y epistémica, además de temporal prospectiva.
Anton Granvik, Begoña Sanromán Vilas
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Mood Selection in the Old Northumbrian Gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 2, Page 189-212, July 2025.
Abstract The aim of this article is to examine the use of the subjunctive in the 10th‐century Old Northumbrian gloss to Durham MS A.iv.19. We assess whether there is evidence for a weakening of the indicative/subjunctive opposition, as has been argued for the earlier gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels, which was the work of the same glossator, Aldred of ...
Julia Fernández Cuesta, Christopher Langmuir   +1 more
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TRAPPED BETWEEN CASE AND NUMBER. A TYPOLOGY OF ADNUMERATIVE FORMS†

Studia Linguistica, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 215-257, April 2025.
In this paper, I study the nature of adnumerative or numerative forms; i.e. morphologically dedicated inflectional forms that can only be used with numerals or quantifiers (e.g. Russian dva časá ‘two o'clock’ vs. [gen sg] čása). Adnumeratives are cross‐linguistically very rare; yet they raise some interesting theoretical discussions. This work is based
Kristian Roncero
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Implicaturas de futuridade em usos de querer + infinitivo em PB: interpretação temporal do ato de fala a partir do aspecto e da modalidade / Futurity Implicatures in the Uses of the Verbal Periphrasis Querer + Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese: Temporal Interpretation of Speech Acts Stemming from Aspect and Modality [PDF]

Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, 2019
Resumo: Com base em estudos sobre as categorias tempo, aspecto e modalidade (PALMER, 1986; BYBEE; PAGLIUCA; PERKINS, 1991; 1994; GIVÓN, 2001a; SWEETSER, 2001), destacamos o processo de gramaticalização de marcadores de futuro em línguas como inglês, dinamarquês e grego, envolvendo implicaturas (CHIERCHIA, 2003; LEVINSON, 2007) e atos de fala (SEARLE ...
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Mixed‐Effects Modeling with a Multinomial Dependent Variable

Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 212-249, March 2025.
Abstract In this Methods Showcase Article, we illustrate mixed‐effects modeling with a multinomial dependent variable as a means of explaining complexities in language. We model data on future‐time reference in second language Spanish, which consists of a nominal dependent variable that has three levels, measured over 73 participants.
Aarnes Gudmestad, Thomas A. Metzger
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Exploration of the mandative subjunctive in Pakistani English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 202-217, March-June 2025.
Abstract The study at hand explores the alternation between the mandative subjunctive and its equivalent construction with the modal verb should in Pakistani English. The study enhances understanding of the alternation both by focusing on Pakistani English as a relatively under‐researched postcolonial variety of English and by complementing the ...
Karola Schmidt, Nina Funke
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On Pseudo-Coordination in the province of Catania

Isogloss
This paper discusses the preliminary results of an exploratory study based on acceptability judgments about Pseudo-Coordination (PseCo) as found in the province of Catania (Sicily). PseCo is a monoclausal verbal periphrasis where an inflected verb (V1),
Vincenzo Nicolò Di Caro, Salvatore Menza   +1 more
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Le mot et l’image dans la sémiotique lithuanienne

Signata, 2019
This paper gives an overview of major publications of the Lithuanian semioticians who analyze the relationship between the word and the image within the framework of Algirdas Greimas’ general theory of meaning.
Kęstutis Nastopka
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Acting as causing change

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 644-658, September 2024.
Abstract The paper defends a version of the view that agency is a causal power, the “causing view.” After sketching the view, and explaining how it differs from its rivals, various challenges are assessed. A family of objections says that causing change is neither necessary nor sufficient for acting.
Maria Alvarez
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Notes on Verbal Aspect in Three Vedic Prose Narratives

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 2, Page 223-253, July 2024.
Abstract This article summarises the synchronic system of verbal aspect manifest in three Middle Vedic prose narrative texts, investigating the use of various morphological categories with past reference (especially the imperfect, perfect and aorist). I show that the imperfect and perfect are both compatible with multiple aspectual readings (perfective,
Anahita Gwenllian Hoose
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