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Argument realization of Chinese result and phase complements
(Linguistics & TESOL, 2007)
This paper discusses result complements and phase complements in Chinese, both of which are postverbal elements. Despite their surface similarity, they are different with respect to argument realization. While the result ...
Reconstraining massive pied-piping in English: A non-interrogative CP analysis
(2020-09-04)
This dissertation focuses on the distribution of "massive pied-piping" (Heck 2008) constructions in English. Compared to other forms of wh-movement and pied-piping, broadly speaking, massive pied-piping is limited in the ...
On the syntax of West Kalimantan: Asymmetries and A'-movement in Malayic and Land Dayak languages
(2020-09-01)
This dissertation focuses on five Malayic and five Land Dayak languages of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, exploring voice, A’-movement, and extraction asymmetries through a Minimalist framework. The main goal of this dissertation ...
Preliminary tone analysis of possessed nouns in Chicahuaxtla Trique
(Linguistics & TESOL, 2007)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Chicahuaxtla Trique is one of the Trique languages spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico. Among three Trique languages, Chicahuaxtla Trique has the most complicated tone system ...
Discourse-based evidence for an ergative analysis of Cebuano
(Linguistics & TESOL, 1994)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The case-marking systems of Philippine languages have been difficult to classify as either nominative-accusative (NOM-ACC) or ergative-absolutive (ERG-ABS). The ...