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The order of operations and A/Ā interactions
Double object constructions provide an ideal context in which to investigate interactions between multiple instances of movement. With two internal...
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The semantics of applicativization in Kinyarwanda
This article explores the role of semantics in argument realization by providing a lexical semantic account of the contribution of applicative...
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Two modes of dative and genitive case assignment: Evidence from two stages of Greek
In this paper, we compare the properties of dative and genitive objects in Classical vs. Modern Greek. Based on the difference in behavior of...
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Exhaustive control as movement: The case of Wolof
This paper investigates control constructions in the Niger-Congo language Wolof, which offers several insights into the phenomenon of control. First,...
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The rise and fall of a person-case constraint in Breton
This work explores the coupling of person-split nominative objects with anomalous subjects (Jahnsson’s Rule (JR), Person-Case Constraint (PCC)). In...
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Idioms, collocations, and structure
Phrasal idioms have been used as evidence in syntactic theorizing for decades. A common assumption, occasionally made explicit (e.g., Larson
2017 ),...
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Plural events and the progressive particle in Dalad Chinese, and the final-over-final condition
This paper examines a special progressive marker
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States in the decomposition of verbal predicates
This paper proposes a new diagnostic for the detection of stative sub-events in the decomposition of verbal predicates. The diagnostic is based on a...
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Raumsemantik
Was ist Raum? Verschiedene Wissenschaftszweige haben sich bisher an einer Antwort darauf versucht, und es überrascht nicht wenig, dass Antworten aus...
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Licensing with Case
This paper examines alternations in demonstrative ordering in Kikuyu, a Bantu language spoken primarily in Kenya. An interesting effect is found:...
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The syntax and semantics of dative DPs in Russian ditransitives
In this paper we propose a syntactic analysis of dative DPs in ditransitive constructions in Russian, answering three questions: (I) what semantic...
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From Idioms to Constructions
Idiomatic expressions and idiomaticity are universal phenomena in human languages (Moon in Fixed expression and idioms in English. Clarendon Press,...
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Re-analyzing ‘say’ complementation: Implications for case theory and beyond
This paper argues based on data from Uyghur (Turkic) that clausal complementation structures involving a special form of the verb ‘say’ are actually...
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A Cyclic and Multiple Agree account
In this paper we propose that probe-goal relations are subject to greater variation than expected, such that both Cyclic Agree and Multiple Agree are...
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Syntax des Spanischen
Viele Eigenschaften der spanischen Syntax sind typisch für die indoeuropäische Sprachfamilie: die reiche Verbalflexion im Unterschied zur weniger...
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Tonal marking of absolutive case in Samoan
Samoan is an ergative-marking, (reportedly) non-tonal Polynesian language in which ergative case is marked segmentally, but absolutive case has been...
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What Do You Think This Is, Bush Week? Construction Grammar and Language Change in Australia
Australian English is prototypically characterized by pronunciation features, a wealth of peculiar lexical items (Sheila, yakka, ute), idioms (blind...
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Two languages, one treebank: building a Turkish–German code-switching treebank and its challenges
This paper presents the SAGT Turkish–German code-switching treebank, and observations and annotation challenges we encountered during its...
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Cross-linguistically consistent semantic and syntactic annotation of child-directed speech
Corpora of child speech and child-directed speech (CDS) have enabled major contributions to the study of child language acquisition, yet semantic...
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Adjunct control in German, Norwegian, and English
This paper presents an overview of adjunct control in German, Norwegian, and English, comprising adverbial infinitives, adverbial present and past...
