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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"clause linkage"”.
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Serial verb constructions or verb compounds? : a prototype approach to resultative verb constructions in Mandarin Chinese
… dependency of the verbs, iconicity, and clause linkage. Through the analysis of the syntactic, semantic, and phonological behavior of various types of serial verb constructions, it is shown that serial verb constructions are on a structural continuum, i.e., from syntax to lexicon. RVCs …
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An Investigative Comparison Between Four Approaches to Discourse Analysis Using MT Esther as a Test Case
… on grammar and syntax at the level of the word, clause, or sentence, discourse analysis seeks to account for larger textual relationships, including macrostructure, clause linkage, thematic development, and pragmatic effect. Esther provides an ideal corpus for this investigation because of its …
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The Syntax of British Sign Language: an Overview
… (2013, in press). With its central focus on clause structures, this research investigates the following questions: 1 What syntactic structures are found in BSL? 2 What are the frequencies of predicate types and clause structures? 3 What influences on syntax does the visual cognition of BSL …
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Grenzfälle der Subordination : Merkmale, Empirie und Theorie abhängiger Nebensätze
Gegenstand dieser Arbeit sind sog. nicht-kanonische bzw. unintegrierte Nebensätze. Diese Nebensätze zeichnen sich dadurch aus, dass sie sich mittels gängiger Kriterien (Satzgliedstatus, Verbletztstellung) nicht klar als koordiniert oder subordiniert beschreiben lassen. Das Phänomen …