Search results for "adverbial"
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Proteus: Adverbial multi-word expressions in Italian and their cognate counterparts in -mente
2022
Abstract: This contribution focuses on Italian adverbs ending in -mente (e.g. lussuosamente ‘luxuriously’) with an analytic counterpart (a multi-word expression, MWE) which is etymologically related and it is capable of equally performing the adverbial function (e.g. di lusso). Two sentences diverging only in this regard have the same truth values and they entail each other. Morphologically, such adverbial MWEs are formed by a preposition which is followed by a noun/adjective sharing the content morpheme of the -mente adverb. However, in some contexts the cognate –mente adverb cannot replace its MWE. For instance, only adjectival MWEs can be used as predicates in copular constructions (La f…
On the Syntax of Fronted Adverbial Clauses in Two Tyrolean Dialects: The Distribution of Resumptive Semm
2023
Abstract This chapter discusses adverbial resumption in two Tyrolean dialects, Meranese and Mòcheno, which represent two privileged environments for investigations on microvariation. We show that certain classes of fronted adverbials are resumed in both languages by the resumptive element semm (lit. “there, then”), which behaves semantically like a generalized resumptive because it is used with a variety of adverbial clauses. However, unlike the Norwegian generalized resumptive studied by Christine Meklenborg, semm is a maximal category and cannot resume nominal arguments. We demonstrate that resumption with semm is limited to central adverbial clauses (e.g. temporal clauses), while periphe…
A diachronic corpus-based analysis of epistemic adverbials in the White House press briefings
2011
This article is part of a wider project aimed at outlining the evolotionary trends in the White House press Briefings as a genre.
Entre la sintaxis y el discurso: el caso de 'a lo mejor' y 'al menos' en la conversación coloquial
2018
This paper studies the Spanish forms a lo mejor (maybe) and al menos (at least) from a modular perspective, revisiting the categorization of a lo major and al menos according to the involved linguistic level and analyzing the relations between the adverbial uses of these forms and the discursive ones. Such relations show that the forms a lo mejor and al menos can be considered bicategorial lexical items, what is implemented by a corpus study based on data from spoken language.
On syntactic diagnostics as tests for telicity in ancient Indo-European languages. Evidence from Vedic and Greek
2017
The aim of this paper is to assay the reliability of completive and durative adverbials as linguistic tests for telicity in a historical perspective. Until now such tests have been applied only to contemporary languages, which provide both written and spoken corpora. However, if the compatibility with for/in-adverbials is a reliable test, it should function not only crosslinguistically, but also with ancient and reconstructed languages. I will use digital corpora of Vedic Sanskrit and Homeric Greek texts to explore the compatibility of temporal expressions with a selected sample of verbs that derive from a previous Indo-European common stage.
Adverbial expressions within the legal domain: from medieval fueros to their consolidation in language
2010
Given the importance of legal language in the study of historical phraseological, it is here analyzed the presence, use and evolution of adverbial phrases in some outstanding medieval fueros, and also how a good number of adverbial expressions have transcended and developed from legal language to other contexts, owed to —at least in some cases— a clear colloquial origin (a sabiendas, por bien...). This characteristic joins many others, such as the creation of complex syntagmas derived from the union of simple expressions: de cabo a rabo, a diestro y a sinestro, a tuerto o a derecho, etc. It is therefore interesting to study the individual, particular history of each adverbial phrase found, …
Apstākļi un darbības vārdu formas T.Hārdija romānā "Kāsterbridžas mērs"
2020
Šis pētījums tika uzsākts, ņemot vērā T.Hārdija darbu popularitātes kritumu un secīgu pieaugumu pēdējās desmitgades laikā, kā arī darbības vārdu un apstākļu nozīmi daiļliteratūrā. Pētījuma mērķis bija analizēt, kā autors lieto darbības vārdu formas un apstākļus romānā Kāsterbridžas mērs, raksturojot varoņus un pildot valodas funkcijas. Tika izmantota jauktā pētījuma metode, apvienojot diskursa analīzi un kvantitatīvu pieeju stilistiskajai analīzei. Pētījuma rezultātā tika atklāts, ka ar darbības vārdu formu palīdzību autors nosaka sižeta attīstības straujumu; tie apstākļi, kas galvenokārt izmantoti ar komunikācijas darbības vārdiem, ļauj izdarīt secinājumus par romāna varoņu īpašībām; starp…
Rakt på sak : prepositionen 'på' i dagens svenska
2008
Apstākļa vārdu lietojums projektu pārskatos Apstākļa vārdu lietojums projektu pārskatos
2017
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt apstākļa vārdu lietojumu ES fondu finansētos projektu pārskatos. Šis darbs ir aktuāls angļu valodas runātajiem, kas ir iesaistīti CORDIS failu sastādīšanā un rediģēšanā. Literatūras pārskats izlūko apstākļa vārdu un apstākļa palīgteikuma teoriju, kā arī diskursa, diskursa analīzes un institucionālās valodas koncepcijas. Kas attiecas uz metodoloģiju, pētījumam ir kvalitatīvs raksturs ar kvantitatīviem elementiem. Darba teorētiskajā daļā tiek veikts sekundāro avotu pārskats. Empīriskajā daļā tiek pielietotas diskursa un frekvences analīzes metodes. Tā kā projektu pārskatos jāiekļauj dažadu aktivitāšu sīki apraksti, visbiežāk sastopamā apstākļa vārdu semantisk…