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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Postpositions"”.
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Syntax and Semantics of the Passive Construction in Selected South Asian Languages
… on the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the postpositions/suffixes which mark the agent in the Passive sentences in the above languages. The conditions which determine the choice of postpositions/suffixes are discussed. (6) Finally, theoretical/empirical implications of the discussion of the …
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L1 Acquisition of Japanese Particles: A Corpus-Based Study
… that form complex NPs precede case markers and postpositions, which are more complex because they convey relational functions within the sentence) than di-syllabic particles and (ii) for ambiguous particles such as <em>-ni</em> and <em>-kara</em>, concrete usages are acquired before conceptually …
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Putting PPs into order - Understanding prepositionality in the predominantly postpositional language Lule Sami
This thesis investigates PP-internal word-order variation in an endangered Uralic language, Lule Sami, which is indigenous to parts of Northern Norway and Sweden. The study focuses on the factors underlying prepositional occurrences in this predominantly postpositional language. It is mainly based …