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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 ...
THE PLACE DEIXIS OF MODERN STANDARD ARABIC: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM AND THE FACTORS THAT CONTROL THE CHOICE OF PLACE DEICTIC EXPRESSIONS
(2020-08-10)
This dissertation investigates place deixis in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) focusing primarily on two issues, 1) examining the dimensional system of place deixis in MSA as opposed to Classical Arabic, and 2) exploring 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 ...
Automatic processing of tonal information during visual word recognition in L2 Chinese learners
(2020-08-10)
This dissertation investigates the automatic tonal processing in a second language (L2) and a first language (L1) during visual word recognition. Four experiments were conducted to examine -- (i) whether tonal information ...