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Terminative and resultative verbal periphrasis in Spanish and Portuguese [PDF]
This diploma thesis is dedicated to the topic of Terminative and resultative verbal periphrasis in Spanish and Portuguese and is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical.
Hrobská, Eva
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Event Segmentation in Language and Cognition
Abstract A hallmark of human cognition is the ability to segment streams of dynamic stimuli into discrete event units. Currently, most of the evidence about event segmentation comes from English speakers. Could cross‐linguistic differences in how events are encoded affect how speakers of different languages form cognitive event units?
Sarah Hye‐Yeon Lee +2 more
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Motivated causal judgments and responsibility for civilian casualties in military conflicts
Abstract Causal judgments are ubiquitous in politics and crucial for assigning responsibility and blame. Cognitive science has demonstrated that people are more likely to pick factors as “causal” when they make a difference for the outcome across a range of counterfactual scenarios, with the scenarios sampled based on statistical and prescriptive ...
Dimiter Toshkov, Honorata Mazepus
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Resumen El tema de las perífrasis verbales es uno de los más complejos y debatidos en la tradición gramatical. Las descripciones propuestas en las gramáticas y estudios dedicados al tema de las perífrasis verbales explican principalmente tres valores ...
Adriana Ávila-Figueroa
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Sul presente neoindoario a doppio verbo finito
The present paper deals with the problem of the origin of a type of “double-finite” periphrasis having the structure, e. g., IS WALKS = ‘walks’ – i.e., formed by a finite form of the ‘be’ auxiliary plus a finite form of the main verb – which is used to ...
Paolo Milizia
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Lability in Hittite and Indo‐European: A Diachronic Perspective
ABSTRACT Lability is defined as the possibility of a verb to enter a valency alternation without undergoing any change in its form. Labile verbs were common in ancient Indo‐European languages, including Hittite, which mostly features anticausative lability, with reflexive and reciprocal lability being less prominent.
Guglielmo Inglese
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Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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The article deals with periphrastic constructions verbalized in Spanish belles-lettres. The definitions of verbal periphrasis that are considered basic are provided.
О. О. Panteleeva
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Ingressive verbal periphrases in Spanish and Portuguese [PDF]
The article analyses Spanish and Portuguese verbal periphrases that express the beginning of a process (ingressive manner of action). It analyses stylistically marked and stylistically unmarked ingressive constructions in order to determine ...
Dana Kratochvílová +1 more
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Abstract Input‐based tasks have shown promising outcomes for teaching concrete notions (i.e., vocabulary items and number marking) to beginner students in varied educational contexts, including with second language (L2) adults with little to no schooling experience.
Véronique Fortier, Suzie Beaulieu
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