Balkan Syntax And Semantics

Author : Olga Mišeska Tomi?
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027295392

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The book deals with some syntactic and semantic aspects of the shared Balkan Sprachbund properties. In a comprehensive introductory chapter, Tomić offers an overview of the Balkan Sprachbund properties. Sobolev, displaying the areal distribution of 65 properties, argues for dialect cartography. Friedman, on the example of the evidentials, argues for typologically informed areal explanation of the Balkan properties. The other contributions analyze specific phenomena: polidefinite DPs in Greek and Aromanian (Campos and Stavrou), Balkan constructions in which datives combine with impersonal clitics or non-active morphology (Rivero), Balkan optatives (Ammann and Auwera), imperative force in the Balkan languages (Isac and Jakab), clitic placement in Greek imperatives (Bošković), focused constituents in Romanian and Bulgarian (Hill), synthetic and analytic tenses in Romanian (D'Hulst, Coene and Avram), "purpose-like" modification in a number of Balkan languages (Bužarovska), Balkan modal existential “wh”-constructions (Grosu), child and adult strategies in interpreting empty subjects in Serbian/Croatian (Stojanović and Marelj), conditional sentences in Judeo-Spanish (Montoliu and Auwera).

Author : Olga Mišeska Tomi?
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902722790X

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The book deals with some syntactic and semantic aspects of the shared Balkan Sprachbund properties. In a comprehensive introductory chapter, Tomic offers an overview of the Balkan Sprachbund properties. Sobolev, displaying the areal distribution of 65 properties, argues for dialect cartography. Friedman, on the example of the evidentials, argues for typologically informed areal explanation of the Balkan properties. The other contributions analyze specific phenomena: polidefinite DPs in Greek and Aromanian (Campos and Stavrou), Balkan constructions in which datives combine with impersonal clitics or non-active morphology (Rivero), Balkan optatives (Ammann and Auwera), imperative force in the Balkan languages (Isac and Jakab), clitic placement in Greek imperatives (Boškovic), focused constituents in Romanian and Bulgarian (Hill), synthetic and analytic tenses in Romanian (D'Hulst, Coene and Avram), "purpose-like" modification in a number of Balkan languages (Bužarovska), Balkan modal existential “wh”-constructions (Grosu), child and adult strategies in interpreting empty subjects in Serbian/Croatian (Stojanovic and Marelj), conditional sentences in Judeo-Spanish (Montoliu and Auwera).

Author : Iliyana Krapova,Brian Joseph
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110375930

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Balkan Syntax and (Universal) Principles of Grammar by Iliyana Krapova,Brian Joseph Pdf

This book investigates morpho-syntactic convergences that characterize the languages of the Balkan Sprachbund: Balkan Slavic, Greek, Romanian, Albanian, Balkan Romani. Apart from new data, the volume features contributions within different theoretical frameworks (contact linguistics, functional linguistics, typology, areal linguistics, and generative grammar).

Author : María Luisa Rivero,Angelikē Rallē
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195129519

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Comparative Syntax of Balkan Languages by María Luisa Rivero,Angelikē Rallē Pdf

This collection of seven papers studies important aspects of the syntax of Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Romanian from a comparative perspective based on current linguistic frameworks, including the Minimalist Program. Topics addressed include control, raising, and obviation, negation, noun phrase structure, clitic pronouns, and verb movement.

Author : Olga M. Tomic
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402044885

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Balkan Sprachbund Morpho-Syntactic Features by Olga M. Tomic Pdf

This book discusses the morpho-syntactic Balkan Sprachbund features in nine languages in which they are most numerous. It contains a wealth of Balkan linguistic material. The focus is on displaying similarities and differences in the representation of the most widely acknowledged Balkan Sprachbund morpho-syntactic features and their interaction with other features in the structure of the DP or the sentence of individual languages.

Author : Dalina Kallulli,Liliane Tasmowski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255136

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Clitic Doubling in the Balkan Languages by Dalina Kallulli,Liliane Tasmowski Pdf

This volume is a collection of articles on clitic doubling, a phenomenon that has preoccupied generative linguists since the 1980s, when its theoretical importance was noted. Clitic doubling is prevalent in the Balkan languages. However, generative studies initially dealt with its properties in Romance languages, with the Balkan patterns coming increasingly into focus. Since the mid-nineties, these patterns presented a variety of challenges to the generalisations reached on the basis of Romance, while also raising new research questions. The volume deals among other things with the following aspects of the phenomenon: its extension within and outside the Balkan Sprachbund and the observed variation; its realizational possibilities and the constraints on the status of the doubled DP (direct or indirect object, pronominal or non-pronominal); its semantics (definite, specific, presupposed, neither) and pragmatics (topic or not, D-linked or not); its temporal and locational genesis; the relationship between the clitic and its associate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1125735404

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The Balkan Conditional in South Slavic by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dalina Kallulli,Liliane Tasmowski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289896

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Clitic Doubling in the Balkan Languages by Dalina Kallulli,Liliane Tasmowski Pdf

This volume is a collection of articles on clitic doubling, a phenomenon that has preoccupied generative linguists since the 1980s, when its theoretical importance was noted. Clitic doubling is prevalent in the Balkan languages. However, generative studies initially dealt with its properties in Romance languages, with the Balkan patterns coming increasingly into focus. Since the mid-nineties, these patterns presented a variety of challenges to the generalisations reached on the basis of Romance, while also raising new research questions. The volume deals among other things with the following aspects of the phenomenon: its extension within and outside the Balkan Sprachbund and the observed variation; its realizational possibilities and the constraints on the status of the doubled DP (direct or indirect object, pronominal or non-pronominal); its semantics (definite, specific, presupposed, neither) and pragmatics (topic or not, D-linked or not); its temporal and locational genesis; the relationship between the clitic and its associate.

Author : Natasa Todorovic
Publisher : Potsdam Linguistic Investigations / Potsdamer Linguistische Untersuchungen / Recherches Linguistiques à Potsdam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Serbia
ISBN : 3631652348

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The Indicative and Subjunctive Da-complements in Serbian by Natasa Todorovic Pdf

Subjunctive and indicative interpretations in Serbian are dependent on semantic properties of the matrix verb, the aspect and tense of the embedded verb, and the selection of homophonous da: the indicative or subjunctive da. The choice of mood affects clitic placement, negation interpretation, and licensing of negative polarity items.

Author : Thede Kahl,Michael Metzeltin,Helmut Wilhelm Schaller
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Albanisch
ISBN : 9783643503886

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Balkanismen heute by Thede Kahl,Michael Metzeltin,Helmut Wilhelm Schaller Pdf

Author : Mila Dimitrova-Vulchanova,Mišeska Olga Tomić
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8251924731

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Investigations in the Bulgarian and Macedonian Nominal Expression by Mila Dimitrova-Vulchanova,Mišeska Olga Tomić Pdf

The current volume addresses issues of micro-parametric variation in the grammar of nominal expressions in Bulgarian and Macedonian, with a special focus on features typically attributed to the Balkan Sprachbund. It is the very first attempt to approach in detail and in parallel the structure of noun phrases in the two languages, to look at how some of these features have evolved historically, to consider the order of phrase-internal modifiers, and possible reasons for deviations from default orderings, as well as the function of items, usually labelled determiners (articles, demonstratives and possessive pronouns). The noun phrase has been selected, as it offers a wealth of phenomena within phrase-internal grammar, at the same time providing insights for, and parallels to, the syntax of clauses. The selection of papers is unique, in that they build on specialised corpora specifically collected for the purposes of work on the current project. The contributors have specialised expertise in the fields of Balkan linguistics, language typology, grammatical theory, (South-)Slavic linguistics, language diachrony, and have written numerous papers published in journals and research volumes. This book reflects work on a larger project entitled "Balkan Morpho-Syntactic Similarities" with a grant from The Norwegian Research Council.

Author : Daniela Isac,Associate Professor of Linguistics Daniela Isac
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198865704

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Definiteness in Balkan Romance by Daniela Isac,Associate Professor of Linguistics Daniela Isac Pdf

This book explores the micro-variation in the realization of definiteness across languages belonging to the Balkan Romance family: Romanian, Aromanian, Istro-Romanian and Megleno-Romanian. Daniela Isac offers a unified analysis of the different patterns observed, based on a post-syntactic spell-out rule.

Author : Jörg Meibauer,Markus Steinbach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255587

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Experimental Pragmatics/semantics by Jörg Meibauer,Markus Steinbach Pdf

In recent years, a lively debate ensued on an old issue, namely the proper distinction between semantics and pragmatics against the background of the classical Gricean distinction between what is said and what is implicated . From a linguist s point of view, however, there has always been a regrettable lack of empirical data in this otherwise sophisticated debate. Recently, a new strand of research emerged under the name of experimental pragmatics, the attempt to gain experimental data on pragmatic and semantic issues by using psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic methods. This volume brings together work by scholars engaging in experimental research on the semantics/pragmatics distinction. The contribution of experimental pragmatics to pragmatic and semantic theory is discussed from a number of different angles, ranging from implicature and pragmatic enrichment to pragmatic acquisition, pragmatic impairment, and pragmatic processing. In addition, methodological issues are discussed. The contributions will appeal to theoretical linguists, psycholinguists, neurolinguists, and language philosophers."

Author : Lilia Schürcks,Anastasia Giannakidou,Urtzi Etxeberria
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614512790

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The Nominal Structure in Slavic and Beyond by Lilia Schürcks,Anastasia Giannakidou,Urtzi Etxeberria Pdf

The contributions in this volume shed new light on the discussion of whether the DP hypothesis applies universally or not. The issue is prominent not only for Slavic languages. Drawing on evidence from many other languages, Greek, East Asian, and Basque among them, the book has important implications for answering fundamental questions about the nature of definiteness and quantification.

Author : Ljiljana Progovac,Kate Paesani,Eugenia Casielles,Ellen Barton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293350

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The Syntax of Nonsententials by Ljiljana Progovac,Kate Paesani,Eugenia Casielles,Ellen Barton Pdf

This volume brings the data that many in formal linguistics have dismissed as peripheral straight into the core of syntactic theory. By bringing together experts from syntax, semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, language acquisition, aphasia, and pidgin and creole studies, the volume makes a multidisciplinary case for the existence of nonsententials, which are analyzed in various chapters as root phrases and small clauses (Me; Me First!; Him worry?!; Class in session), and whose distinguishing property is the absence of Tense, and, with it, any syntactic phenomena that rely on Tense, including structural Nominative Case. Arguably, the lack of Tense specification is also responsible for the dearth of indicative interpretations among nonsententials, as well as for their heavy reliance on pragmatic context. So pervasive is nonsentential speech across all groups, including normal adult speech, that a case can be made that continuity of grammar lies in nonsentential, rather than sentential speech.