Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics (BWPL)
Mihaela Tănase-Dogaru, Camelia Uşurelu On binominal qualitative constructions in Old Romanian Abstract: The paper identifies and analyzes major types of binominal qualitative constructions in Old Romanian. The corpus presented in the...
Alexandra Cornilescu and Alexandru Nicolae Classifying pronouns: the view from Romanian Abstract: This paper is devoted to the analysis of (DP, AP, and PP) postnominal modifiers of personal pronouns, focusing...
Gabi Danon Hebrew QNP agreement: Towards an empirically based analysis Abstract: Quantified noun phrases (QNPs) in subject position may trigger agreement with the quantifier or with the noun. Previous work...
Henk van Riemsdijk Doubling trouble: some remarks on wh-concord in Swiss German Abstract: The notion “doubling” is widespread in linguistics. But it is mostly used as a pre-theoretical notion that...
Ion Giurgea Agreeing possessors and the theory of case Abstract: I argue that the so-called “possessive adjectives” are not really adjectives, but pronouns (D-projections). Agreement features on possessors do not...
Jutta M. Hartmann The predicate nominal analysis of English there-sentences Abstract: In this article, I argue against the predicate nominal analysis of English there-sentences (especially Williams 1994, 2006 and Hazout...
Maria M. Manoliu Cognitive categories and noun classification. Romance neuter: from [passivity] to [indifference] Abstract: The present contribution aims to reveal the ways in which the evolution of the grammatical...
Cay Dollerup Relay in translation Abstract: This article focuses on the phenomenon of relay in translation. Relay is by nature difficult to discuss and therefore it is no surprise that...
Frans H. van Eemeren Reasonableness in situated discourse: Fallacies as derailments of strategic manoeuvring Abstract: In the pragma-dialectical approach fallacies are defined as violations of rules for critical discussion which...
Robert Cirillo On variation in the positioning of the progressive marker am in non-standard German: Kölsch (Colognese) and Pennsylvania Dutch Abstract: Progressive constructions involving the progressive marker am are considered...