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Emphatic affirmative verb reduplication in Spanish: Implications for the theory of multiple copy realization by Silva, María Florencia

“…In this article, I present a type of verb reduplication observed in Rioplatense Spanish that has not yet been discussed in the literature. This type of…”
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The roots and structures of possessive noun classes by Armstrong, Grant

“…In both the typological literature and literature on formal syntax and semantics, a division is drawn between nouns that are inalienably possessed such as body…”
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Compositionality in verbs and nominalizations: A (radically) formal approach by Boechat de Medeiros, Alessandro

“…This work is about verb nominalizations and the relation between these forms, the argument structure of their verbal bases, and verbs’ possible meanings. Since…”
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What lexical acquisition has to say about a non-lexicalist architecture of grammar – and vice-versa by Beraldo, Rafael Luis, Araújo-Adriano, Paulo Ângelo

“…Distributed Morphology (DM) predicts that the units of syntactic derivation are smaller than words. This paper explores the implications of this prediction for…”
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Compositionality in verbs and nominalizations by Alessandro Boechat de Medeiros

“…This work is about verb nominalizations and the relation between these forms, the argument structure of their verbal bases, and verbs’ possible meanings. Since…”
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Emphatic affirmative verb reduplication in Spanish by María Florencia Silva

“…In this article, I present a type of verb reduplication observed in Rioplatense Spanish that has not yet been discussed in the literature. This type of…”
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Structural and sociolectal limits of variability of que in Mexican Spanish noun clefts by Auhagen, Patrick, Fliessbach, Jan

“…This paper investigates the structural and sociolectal limits of the use of non-standard “plain” que instead of the standard relativizer DET+que in Mexican…”
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Cross-linguistic variation in the expression of ignorance: The case of Spanish and French by Mathieu, Eric, Zamarlik, Simone

“…This article examines the properties of epistemic indefinites (EIs) when pluralized, focusing on the following puzzle: while ignorance is expressed by both…”
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Cross-linguistic variation in the expression of ignorance by Eric Mathieu, Simone Diana Zamarlik

“…This article examines the properties of epistemic indefinites (EIs) when pluralized, focusing on the following puzzle: while ignorance is expressed by both…”
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Too weak to be pronounced: pro-drop and PF-LF mismatches in pronouns by Amato, Irene

“…In Gradient Harmonic Grammar (Smolensky & Goldrick 2016), syntactic strength is considered an inherent property of linguistic items. In this paper, I propose…”
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Superlatives and definiteness: Lessons from Romance by Giurgea, Ion

“…Previous research on superlatives in Romance languages has established three major types: (i) in Italian and Ibero-Romance, the definite article does not form…”
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Superlative Minimizers as Weak Definites: A study on Spanish by Delgado Díaz, Ulises

“…This paper deals with a hitherto little studied type of superlative, so-called ‘superlative minimizers’, which in Spanish take the form el más mínimo N ‘the…”
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Discourse-Linked DPs as Covert Partitives: Ellipsis and pro-form strategies in Italian and English by Falco, Michelangelo, Zamparelli, Roberto

“…The paper studies the conditions that determine the Discourse-Linked or non-Discourse-Linked status of noun-less Determiner Phrases introduced by different…”
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Covert Nouns and Definiteness in Superlatives by Hallman, Peter, Pallottino, Margherita

“…The Italian definite superlative phrase la/il più found in predicate superlative constructions is analyzed in the light of parallels to Syrian Arabic…”
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Presentational nana constructions in Reunion Creole: From bi-clausal cleft to monoclausal construction by McLellan, Alina

“…This paper discusses a cluster of related constructions in Reunion Creole involving nana ‘have’. Focusing on a presentational construction that is functionally…”
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The Romance Inter-Views 3: Modularity by Chabot, Alex, Manzini, M. Rita, Nevins, Andrew, Newell, Heather, Roberts, Ian, Ulfsbjorninn, Shanti

“…The Romance Inter-Views are short, multiple Q&A pairs that address key issues, definitions and ideas regarding Romance linguistics or general linguistics from…”
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Investigating the effect of prosodic markedness on the interpretation of simple disjunction in Romanian by Bleotu, Adina Camelia, Tieu, Lyn, Bîlbîie, Gabriela, Panaitescu, Mara, Slăvuţeanu, Gabriela, Benz, Anton, Nicolae, Andreea Cristina

“…According to Horn’s (1984) Principle of Division of Pragmatic Labor, marked forms should have marked meanings. We investigate differences in the interpretation…”
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The Romance Inter-Views 3 by Alex Chabot, M. Rita Manzini, Andrew Nevins, Heather Newell, Ian Roberts, Shanti Ulfsbjorninn

“…The Romance Inter-Views are short, multiple Q&A pairs that address key issues, definitions and ideas regarding Romance linguistics or general linguistics from…”
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Superlatives and definiteness by Ion Giurgea

“…Previous research on superlatives in Romance languages has established three major types: (i) in Italian and Ibero-Romance, the definite article does not form…”
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Superlative Minimizers as Weak Definites by Ulises Delgado Díaz

“…This paper deals with a hitherto little studied type of superlative, so-called ‘superlative minimizers’, which in Spanish take the form el más mínimo N ‘the…”
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