Adjective Adverb Interfaces in Romance
Adjective Adverb Interfaces in Romance

Author: Martin Hummel

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9027264872

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Within the current discussion on grammatical interfaces, the word-classes of adjective and adverb are of particular interest because they appear to be separated or joined in manifold ways at the level of word-class or syntax, with morphology playing a prominent role, especially in Romance. The volume provides typological and theoretical insights into the common or different usage of adjectives and adverbs in Romance. Diachronic change is discussed alongside with synchronic variation and the representation in grammar. The discussion turns out to be controversial, calling into question traditional assumptions such as the dogma of the invariability and the categorial status of the adverb.

Adjectives in Germanic and Romance
Adjectives in Germanic and Romance

Author: Petra Sleeman

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-02-15

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9027270686

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Although the Germanic and Romance languages are two branches of the same language family and although both have developed the adjective as a separate syntactic and morphological category, the syntax, morphology, and interpretation of adjectives is by no means the same in these two language groups, and there is even variation within each of the language groups. One of the main aims of this volume is to map the differences and similarities in syntactic behavior, morphology, and meaning of the Germanic and Romance adjective and to find an answer to the following question: Are the (dis)similarities the result of autonomous developments in each of the two branches of the Indo-European language family, or are they caused by language contact?

Manual of Romance Word Classes
Manual of Romance Word Classes

Author: Anna-Maria De Cesare

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-09-02

Total Pages: 826

ISBN-13: 3110746476

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Word classes are linguistic categories serving as basis in the description of the vocabulary and grammar of natural languages. While important publications are regularly devoted to their definition, identification, and classification, in the field of Romance linguistics we lack a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the current research. This Manual offers an updated and detailed discussion of all relevant aspects related to word classes in the Romance languages. In the first part, word classes are discussed from both a theoretical and historical point of view. The second part of the volume takes as its point of departure single word classes, described transversally in all the main Romance languages, while the third observes the relevant word classes from the point of view of specific Romance(-based) varieties. The fourth part explores Romance word classes at the interface of grammar and other fields of research. The Manual is intended as a reference work for all scholars and students interested in the description of both the standard, major Romance languages and the smaller, lesser described Romance(-based) varieties.

Manual of Romance Morphosyntax and Syntax
Manual of Romance Morphosyntax and Syntax

Author: Andreas Dufter

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 978

ISBN-13: 311037708X

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This volume offers theoretically informed surveys of topics that have figured prominently in morphosyntactic and syntactic research into Romance languages and dialects. We define syntax as being the linguistic component that assembles linguistic units, such as roots or functional morphemes, into grammatical sentences, and morphosyntax as being an umbrella term for all morphological relations between these linguistic units, which either trigger morphological marking (e.g. explicit case morphemes) or are related to ordering issues (e.g. subjects precede finite verbs whenever there is number agreement between them). All 24 chapters adopt a comparative perspective on these two fields of research, highlighting cross-linguistic grammatical similarities and differences within the Romance language family. In addition, many chapters address issues related to variation observable within individual Romance languages, and grammatical change from Latin to Romance.

Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Variation
Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Variation

Author: Ermenegildo Bidese

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 902726631X

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The contributions of this book deal with the issue of language variation. They all share the assumption that within the language faculty the variation space is hierarchically constrained and that minimal changes in the set of property values defining each language give rise to diverse outputs within the same system. Nevertheless, the triggers for language variation can be different and located at various levels of the language faculty. The novelty of the volume lies in exploring different loci of language variation by including wide-ranging empirical perspectives that cover different levels of analysis (syntax, phonology and prosody) and deal with different kinds of data, mostly from Romance and Germanic languages, from dialects, idiolects, language acquisition, language attrition and creolization, analyzed from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. The volume is divided in three parts. The first part is dedicated to synchronic variation in phonology and syntax; the second part deals with diachronic variation and language change, and the third part investigates the role of contact, attrition and acquisition in giving rise to language change and language variation in bilingual settings. This volume is a useful tool for linguistics of diverse theoretical persuasions working on theoretical and comparative linguistics and to anyone interested in language variation, language change, dialectology, language acquisition and typology.

Agreement Beyond the Verb
Agreement Beyond the Verb

Author: Chumakina

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-02-28

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 019289756X

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This book explores unusual patterns of agreement, one of the most intriguing and theoretically challenging aspects of human language. Agreement is typically thought to reflect a structural relationship between a verb and its arguments within the clause, and all major theories of agreement have been developed with the centrality of this relationship in mind. But beyond the verb, items belonging to practically every other part of speech have been found to function as agreement targets, including adpositions, adverbs, converbs, nouns, pronouns, complementizers, and other conjunctions. Data on these targets provide rich insights into the structural domains in which agreement operates, demonstrating that unusual targets can be associated with unexpected domains that are independent of the agreement domain of the verb. Following an introduction to the typology of unusual targets and unexpected domains across the world's languages, the chapters in this volume provide detailed treatments of a wide range of rare and complex agreement phenomena in seven languages, belonging to five different language families of Eurasia and the Pacific. The contributions are all based on novel data collected by the authors, which detail the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of agreement on non-verbal targets within the clause.

Complementizers on edge: On the boundaries between syntax and pragmatics in Ibero-Romance
Complementizers on edge: On the boundaries between syntax and pragmatics in Ibero-Romance

Author: Anna Kocher

Publisher: Language Science Press

Published: 2022-11-22

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 3961103917

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This book offers a comparative perspective on the structural and interpretive properties of root-clause complementizers in Ibero-Romance. The driving question the author seeks to answer is where the boundaries between syntax and pragmatics lie in these languages. Contrary to most previous work on these phenomena, the author argues in favor of a relatively strict distribution of labor between the two components of grammar. The first part of the book is devoted to root complementizers with a reportative interpretation. The second part deals with root complementizers and commitment attribution. Finally, the last part presents the results of empirical studies on the topic.

ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE WORLD’S LARGEST BEST SELLING ENGLISH GRAMMAR BOOK A1 PRIMARY & HIGHSCHOOL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE WORLD’S LARGEST BEST SELLING ENGLISH GRAMMAR BOOK A1 PRIMARY & HIGHSCHOOL ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Author: Dr. Madhuri

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2024-08-31

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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The most popular English Grammar Book "A1 PRIMARY & HIGHSCHOOL ENGLISH GRAMMAR" is the most informative book specially designed for the Primary and Highschool Children. "A1 Primary & Highschool English Grammar" is an essential resource for learners of all levels, from beginners to advanced. This comprehensive guide covers a broad range of grammar topics, including the eight parts of speech, sentence structure, verb conjugation, and more. Each of the 19 chapters offers clear explanations and practical exercises to enhance both writing and speaking skills. Key areas include word order, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions, and advanced concepts like modality and discourse analysis. With a user-friendly approach and a detailed grammar index, this book is designed to improve communication and language proficiency. Praised as a global bestseller, it is an invaluable tool for anyone looking to refine their English grammar skills effectively. Whether for primary or high school students, this book provides a thorough understanding of English grammar.

Adverbs and Adverbials
Adverbs and Adverbials

Author: Olivier Duplâtre

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2022-06-21

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 311076797X

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Adverbs seem to raise unsolvable issues for theories of word-classes, both crosslinguistically and language-internally. The contributions in this volume all address this categorial problem from a variety of formal and functional points of view. In the first part, current definitions of the class for Romance and Germanic languages are being questioned and improved, drawing on data from English, German and Italian. The second part is devoted to adverbial scope in Romance (French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese), Germanic, Modern Greek and Chinese, under special consideration of modal adverbs, subject-oriented manner adverbs and domain adverbs and adverbials. Syntactic and semantic relationships appear to lay the ground for a robust and fine-grained functional definition of adverbs and adverbials.

Verb Movement in Romance
Verb Movement in Romance

Author: Norma Schifano

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0198804644

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This book provides a detailed account of verb movement across more than twenty standard and non-standard Romance varieties. Norma Schifano examines the position of the verb with respect to a wide selection of hierarchically-ordered adverbs, as laid out in Cinque's (1999) seminal work. She uses extensive empirical data to demonstrate that, contrary to traditional assumptions, it is possible to identify at least four distinct macro-typologies in the Romance languages: these macro-typologies stem from a compensatory mechanism between syntax and morphology in licensing the Tense, Aspect, and Mood interpretation of the verb. The volume adopts a hybrid cartographic/minimalist approach, in which cartography provides the empirical tools of investigation, and minimalist theory provides the technical motivations for the movement phenomena that are observed. It provides a valuable tool for the examination of fundamental morphosyntactic properties from a cross-Romance perspective, and constitutes a useful point of departure for further investigations into the nature and triggers of verb movement cross-linguistically.