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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"main clauses"”.
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Input och output : ordföljd i svenska barns huvudsatser och bisatser
This thesis investigates the word order in the main and embedded clauses of four Swedish monolingual children, covering the age range 1;3–4;0. Using a generative framework, a quantitative and qualitative analysis focusing on the syntax of verb placement and complementizers is presented. Chapters 1 …
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Parataxis in Latin colloquial and poetic texts : a treebank-based analysis
… paratactic if it uses fewer finite subordinate clauses and instead constructs discourse out of disconnected main clauses. I argue here that this definition of parataxis is a poor descriptor of informal Latin, and that, defined this way, it rather characterizes stylized speech such as that found …
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The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matrix clause. I build up this claim by proposing that (i) Reichenbach’s relation of association can be expressed in terms of Binding Theory in the syntax, …
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The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matrix clause. I build up this claim by proposing that (i) Reichenbach’s relation of association can be expressed in terms of Binding Theory in the syntax, …
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Nominalizations and aspect
… pattern. The split exists in main clauses in several northern Je languages, among which Mebengokre, though in a slightly different form. MRbengokre opposes two verbal forms that roughly express an aspectual opposition between a "perfect", and a perfective or unmarked aspect. …
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The clause structure of Turaif Arabic
… present a description and analysis of the three main clauses SVO, VOS, and VOS. I show that one order may have different interpretations. Further, the data show that there are a number of positions for the subject in the clause. That is to say, the clause structure appears to be richer than what …
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A grammatical sketch of Kunda Language
… in Kunda is not restrictive; the position of the main clauses may vary. The study establishes that both yes-no and content questions in Kunda are distinct. The adverbial clauses in Kunda are used to provide additional information about time, place and manner.
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Syntaktisk variation och förändring : En studie av subjektslösa satser i fornsvenska
The topic of this thesis is subjectless clauses in Old Swedish (1225–1526). The thesis focuses on referential subjects, and addresses the problem of why the possibilities to leave out such subjects have been reduced during the history of Swedish. The dissertation consists of three main parts, …